hang tough
US informalDefinition
› to not change your actions or opinions although other people try to make you do this: The president is hanging tough on the hostage crisis.Keeping and staying the sameNot able to be changed
(Definition of hang tough from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- consistency noun (BEING THE SAME)
- consistent adjective (NOT CHANGING)
- continuum noun
- control noun (IN AN EXPERIMENT)
- fastness noun (FIXED)
- fixed adjective (FASTENED)
- flat adjective (FIXED)
- flat adjective (PROFITS)
- leave verb (REMAIN)
- level off phrasal verb
- peg verb (FIX)
- remain verb
- stability noun
- stabilize verb
- stable adjective
- stay verb (CONTINUE)
- unchanged adjective
- undisturbed adjective
- wallow in sth phrasal verb (REMAIN UNHAPPY)
- wouldn't have it any other way idiom
Topic:
Keeping and staying the same
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