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tough as nails

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Beneath her sweet, Midwestern granny exterior lies a tough-as-nails old lady with absolutely no filter.

Tough-as-nails Hillary getting all emotional and sniffly at that campaign stop in New Hampshire.

So my tough-as-nails wife donned the bullet proof vest of perhaps the smallest member of the Tucson Police Department.

Running for governor, she was a tough-as-nails candidate, but the fact that she was a gorgeous blonde was held against her.

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On this page you'll find 51 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to tough as nails, such as: hard, healthy, resilient, solid, stiff, and tenacious.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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