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Tough

/tʌf/
Strong and able to withstand difficulty or pain

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Examples:

It's a little tougher to get cocaine, heroin or morphine.It was a tough fight, but I won.'Tough luck,' I said.

Etymology:

etymology
From Middle English tough, from Old English tōh, related to Old High German zāhi meaning resistant or tenacious

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