"toughen up" meaning in English

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      "form": "toughened up",
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      "glosses": [
        "To make or become mentally tougher."
      ],
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        "(idiomatic, transitive, intransitive) To make or become mentally tougher."
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "make or become mentally tougher",
          "word": "vzmužit"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "make or become mentally tougher",
          "word": "cruaigh"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "make or become mentally tougher",
          "word": "whakamārohirohi"
        }
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  "word": "toughen up"
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        "To make or become mentally tougher."
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        "(idiomatic, transitive, intransitive) To make or become mentally tougher."
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "make or become mentally tougher",
      "word": "vzmužit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "make or become mentally tougher",
      "word": "cruaigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "make or become mentally tougher",
      "word": "whakamārohirohi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "toughen up"
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