Definition for get-tough - Oxford Dictionaries Online (World English)

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	get-tough (get-tough) Entry from US Dictionary adjective informal designating an approach or attitude characterized by assertiveness, firmness, or aggressiveness: the administration is implementing get-tough changes in the juvenile system a new get-tough policy on parking offences		Nearby Words gesticulate gesticulation gesture gesundheit get get-at-able get-go get-out get-together get-tough get-up geta getaway Gethsemane, Garden of getter gettering Getty, Jean Paul Gettysburg Address Gettysburg, Battle of