tough out

Meaning

1. tough sth out

   to stay firm and determined in a difficult situation

   You're just going to have to tough it out.

In the movies · 9

• Keep it going! Tough it out, buddy!Win Win2011
• It's tough out there in the big world all alone, isn't it?Ratatouille2007
• What can I say? I mean, it's tough out there in time and space.Before Midnight2013
• Mr. Tough Guy out for blood all of a sudden?Gran Torino2008
• Tough it out! Tough it out.The Last Picture Show1971
• Jeff you re just going to have to tough it outTropic Thunder2008
• The tough thing out of all this is Tim would have never wanted to see any bears killed.Grizzly Man2005
• You guys don't know it, but you just scared a pretty tough egg out of this room.Monkey Business1931

Learn it in full scenes

• Win Win2011
  • Mike's Family Breakfast
  • Mike Stalls on a Broken Boiler
  • Mike Wants to Be Leo's Guardian

From the same entry

• tough as old boots
• tough luck
• a hard act to follow
• when the going gets tough
• hang tough
• a hard nut
• a hard nut
• talk tough