TOUGHED IT OUT Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

toughed it out

phrase

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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The girls sometimes lived with their grandmother or an aunt, other times with their mother and Lasha’s father, who was a part of the sisters’ lives on and off until he was convicted of armed bank robbery in 2003.

— Anja Aronowsky Cronberg, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026
Garcia’s sister, Jackelyn Garcia, lived with the family at one point and allegedly witnessed the abuse but did not report it to authorities, according to a warrant for her arrest.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 1 Oct. 2026

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The statue stood for more than a decade becoming a proud symbol of Del Paso Boulevard and the surrounding Old North Sacramento neighborhood before its theft in September.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Both Reese and Howard stood for the national anthem while representing the United States at September’s FIBA Women’s World Cup.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2026

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