The phrase "a tough return" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a challenging situation when someone is coming back to a place, situation, or task after an absence or a difficult experience.
Example: "After a long injury, the athlete faced a tough return to the competitive scene."
Alternatives: "a difficult comeback" or "a challenging re-entry".
Kohli, on 68, drove hard and presented a tough return catch but Rashid could not hold on.
Gregory Gaultier of France retrieves a tough return hit by Amr Shamana of Egypt during the Showdown@Symphony squash tournament on Wednesday.
— BEN ROTHENBERG Murray responded well from losing a tough return game, holding at 15 to shrink Djokovic's lead to 4-3.
He did not make the squad for Euro 2004 and, after leaving Perugia, took a tough return path to Serie A, through promotion with Palermo.
South Africa lock Bakkies Botha is expecting a tough return to international rugby against a "phenomenal" Scotland team on Sunday.
Before his side's victory, Di Matteo insisted Chelsea would have to produce two "perfect" performances to reach their second Champions League Final and, despite having a one-goal advantage to take to Spain, he forsees a tough return leg on Tuesday.
Here Dr Luntz has subtle advice for spokesmen, saying that "the right of return is a tough issue for Israelis to communicate effectively because much of Israeli language sounds like the 'separate but equal' words of the 1950s segregationists and the 1980s advocates of Apartheid.
Prime Minister José Rodríguez Zapatero has said he supports the European Union's tough Return Directive, which would allow illegal migrants to be held for as long as 18 months.
Last summer experts were expecting the euro, then at a dollar even, to go to $1.10 by year-end, but the euro has had a tough time returning even to last summer's level.
Last summer experts were expecting the euro, then at a buck even, to go to $1.10 by year-end, but the euro has had a tough time returning to even last summer's level.
They must be having a tough time returning — but they're on an island, you know.
