The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word INURE , but the solution may also be MANUP which is one of the most recent solution (2015 in USA Today).
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Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
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INURE | 18 % | 5 |
MANUP | 18 % | 5 |
COARSEN | 18 % | 7 |
HARDEN | 18 % | 6 |
CRACKTHEWHIP | 18 % | 12 |
USEFORCE | 9 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Get tough
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- toughened
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- tough love
- toughie
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Crossword Answer definitions
INURE verb- To cause someone to become accustomed to something (usually) unpleasant.
- To take effect, to be operative.
- To commit.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result INURE
- Accustom to hardship
- Condition
- Accustom
- Habituate
- Harden
- Toughen up
- Toughen
- Acclimate
- Get used to
- Make accustomed
More clues leading to the result MANUP
- "Grow a pair!"
- "Don't be a wimp!"
- Show some backbone, slangily
- Put on one's big-boy pants
- "Don't be a wuss!"
- Not wimp out
- Show some spine
- "Don't be such a baby!"
- "Don't wimp out, bro!"
- Show courage, so to speak
More clues leading to the result COARSEN
- Make rougher
- Make more crude
- Get tough
- Become rough
- Make harsh
- Make rough
- Rough up?
- Turn harsh
- Thicken.
- Make crude.
More clues leading to the result HARDEN
- Calcify
- Freeze or gel
- Bearded James of the NBA
- Set
- Gel
- Set, as concrete
- Get tough
- Make unemotional
- Become pitiless
- Set, as cement
More clues leading to the result CRACKTHEWHIP
- Act like a slavedriver
- Get tough
- Rule without mercy
- Act like a slave-driver
- Demand obedience
- Exercise authority