TOUGHED IT OUT Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

toughed it out

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past tense of tough it out

as in accepted

to put up with (something painful or difficult) I know you feel sick, but can you tough it out until the end of your work shift?

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Towana Looney lived with a pig kidney for a then-record 130 days before it was removed in April 2025 because her body began rejecting it.

— David K. Li, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026
After her parents divorced in 1946, Steinem lived with her mother, who battled mental illness.

— Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026

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His new goal is West Virginia's flathead catfish record — a mark that has stood for roughly 70 years.

— Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026
Dino’s Family Restaurant has stood for more than four decades, while many of the buildings around it haven’t been there for nearly as long.

— Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 3 Sep. 2026

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