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tough sledding

Difficult work or progress, as in This bill faces tough sledding in the legislature. This idiom transfers the route on which a sled can travel to other kinds of progress toward a goal. It was first recorded as hard sledding in 1839. For the antonym, see easy sledding.

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Nearby words

  1. tough it out,
  2. tough love,
  3. tough nut,
  4. tough pitch,
  5. tough row to hoe,
  6. tough-minded,
  7. toughen,
  8. toughie,
  9. toughish,
  10. toughly
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