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hang tough (on something)

Sl. to stick to one's position (on something). I decided I'd hang tough on it. I tend to give in too easy. Yes, just hang tough.

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hang tough

to refuse to change your actions or opinions The president is hanging tough on his programs and will not even discuss a compromise with leaders of Congress.

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hang tough

  (American informal)

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.

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hang tough

Remain firmly resolved, as in We're going to hang tough on this point and not give in. This slangy idiom uses tough in the sense of "aggressively unyielding," a usage dating from the first half of the 1900s.

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hang tough

verb

See hang tough on something

See also: hang, tough