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do it tough en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (Australia, idiomatic, informal, intransitive) To be in a desperate situation; to struggle.
    • Families doing it tough will receive more assistance from the government.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
done it tough Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
does it tough Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
did it tough Tense=Past lexicographic
doing it tough Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

tough times · rough it · tough it out

Translations (6)

cmn 不可終日 /不可终日 (be in a desperate situation) · fr être dans la mouise (be in a desperate situation) · fr être dans la dèche (be in a desperate situation) · fr être dans le pétrin (be in a desperate situation) · pt passar por dificuldades (be in a desperate situation) · cmn 掙扎 (be in a desperate situation)