"do it tough" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: EN-AU ck1 do it tough.ogg , En-au-do it tough.ogg Forms: does it tough [present, singular, third-person], doing it tough [participle, present], did it tough [past], done it tough [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|do<does,,did,done> it tough}} do it tough (third-person singular simple present does it tough, present participle doing it tough, simple past did it tough, past participle done it tough)
  1. (intransitive, Australia, idiomatic, informal) To be in a desperate situation; to struggle. Tags: Australia, idiomatic, informal, intransitive Translations (be in a desperate situation): 不可終日 /不可终日 (bùkězhōngrì) (Chinese Mandarin), 掙扎 (zhēngzhá) (Chinese Mandarin), être dans la dèche (French), être dans la mouise (French), être dans le pétrin (French), passar por dificuldades (Portuguese)

Inflected forms

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        "(intransitive, Australia, idiomatic, informal) To be in a desperate situation; to struggle."
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          "sense": "be in a desperate situation",
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          "sense": "be in a desperate situation",
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        "(intransitive, Australia, idiomatic, informal) To be in a desperate situation; to struggle."
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      "sense": "be in a desperate situation",
      "word": "不可終日 /不可终日"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhēngzhá",
      "sense": "be in a desperate situation",
      "word": "掙扎"
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      "sense": "be in a desperate situation"
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      "sense": "be in a desperate situation",
      "word": "être dans la dèche"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "be in a desperate situation",
      "word": "être dans la mouise"
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      "sense": "be in a desperate situation",
      "word": "être dans le pétrin"
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      "sense": "be in a desperate situation",
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