talk tough

Meaning

1. talk tough (on sth)

   to tell people very strongly what you want

In the movies · 9

• You can talk tough all you want, but this ain't no record.Straight Outta Compton2015
• that the last time that you guys talked was tough,Source Code2011
• You talk pretty tough for a guy in a cape.X-Men: The Last Stand2006
• I tried to wear a mask and talk tough, a language I thought you'd understand, and it totally did not work.The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part2019
• When you talking to me, you talking real tough, you feel me?Creed2015
• I had always understood Americans to be hard-riding, tough-talking, no-nonsense sort of people.Shadowlands1993
• For all this tough talk, Bush really didn't do much.Fahrenheit 9/112004
• You're talking kind of tough, aren't you, Mr. Bannister?The Lady from Shanghai1947

Learn it in full scenes

• Creed2015
  • Adonis Asks Rocky to Train Him
  • Adonis and Bianca's First Date
  • Rocky Agrees to Train Adonis

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