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toughened up
verb
Past of toughen up
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I really toughened up.
I toughened up.
"They've toughened up".
"He's toughened up now.
She has evidently toughened up since.
Most courses are toughened up for the final round.
Plus, Obama has definitely toughened up — as Ryan also documents.
She toughened up from her signature delicate prettiness.
My father thinks that all the bad childhood and the adversity toughened up his Piscean son.
When safes toughened up, the hard men moved on to holding up banks.
The home secretary has suggested that censorship be toughened up too.
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