toughen up
Example Sentences
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City Section teams continue to struggle against Southern Section opponents in nonleague games, but many are using the strategy Birmingham has used for years to toughen up before league play begins.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2025
Last year a tribunal ruled low-interest shareholder loans should not be excluded from the scope of the APTs, and changes made to toughen up the regulations also breached competition law.
From BBC • Feb. 7, 2025
It said low-interest shareholder loans should not be excluded from the scope of the rules, and that changes made in February to toughen up the regulations also breached competition law.
From BBC • Nov. 22, 2024
Ministers are interested in proposals to toughen up community orders as an alternative to jail, to reduce the number of offenders in prisons.
From BBC • Oct. 10, 2024
“Is this the part where you tell me it gets better, and that if I toughen up and make it through the next two years, my life will be awesome?”
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
