hang tough
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Morgan State: With leading scorer Wynston Tabbs injured, the Bears were still able to hang tough in a rare opportunity against a ranked team at home.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 22, 2023
“We’ve got to hang tough, we’ve got to keep working at our game in all three phases. And if we do that, then you’re going to see good football from this team.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2023
In a world of resurgent authoritarianism and racism and antisemitism, let's all hang tough for American democracy.
From Salon ● Jul. 16, 2022
His diary planning sounds a little like the way he takes on the 400m - go hard, hang tough and hope for the best.
From BBC ● May 18, 2022
That’s why we could hang tough when we hung together, and why when things broke down and one brother or sister showed wrong we came down so hard.
From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers
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