tough it out
phrase
as in stand
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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stand for
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Stagger director terms so only a third stand for election each year, which blocks a single-cycle takeover.
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Crisis and renewal are strictly a matter of marketing now, a fiction that permanently assigns the Democrats the role of technocrats managing national decline while Republicans get to stand for muscular optimism and economic expansion.
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“Tough it out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tough%20it%20out. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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