"harden up" meaning in English

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      "form": "hardens up",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hardening up",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hardened up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hardened up",
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        "past"
      ]
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "name": "Nautical",
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      "glosses": [
        "To tighten up a sailboat's sheets in order to prevent luffing."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "tighten up",
          "tighten up"
        ],
        [
          "luffing",
          "luffing"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(nautical, UK) To tighten up a sailboat's sheets in order to prevent luffing."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To become or make (something, someone) hard, either literally or figuratively."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "hard",
          "hard"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, transitive) To become or make (something, someone) hard, either literally or figuratively."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "harden up"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hardens up",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "hardening up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hardened up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hardened up",
      "tags": [
        "past"
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "To tighten up a sailboat's sheets in order to prevent luffing."
      ],
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          "nautical",
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          "tighten up",
          "tighten up"
        ],
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          "luffing"
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        "(nautical, UK) To tighten up a sailboat's sheets in order to prevent luffing."
      ],
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        "UK"
      ],
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        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
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        "To become or make (something, someone) hard, either literally or figuratively."
      ],
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        "(informal, transitive) To become or make (something, someone) hard, either literally or figuratively."
      ],
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