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Answer for the clue "Toughed (out) ", 8 letters:
brazened

Word definitions for brazened in dictionaries

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vb. (en-past of: brazen )

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Brazen \Bra"zen\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brazened ; p. pr. & vb. n. Brazening .] To carry through impudently or shamelessly; as, to brazen the matter through. Sabina brazened it out before Mrs. Wygram, but inwardly she was resolved to be a good deal more circumspect. ...

Usage examples of brazened.

The detective was on a routine canvassing assignment, and Coleman brazened him out with his ``I was in plain view all night'' alibi, knowing Upshaw believed it.

Should Mr Wharton hear of it,--as of course he would,-- it must be brazened out.

Once he was not quick enough but he brazened it out, exchanging a gruff "Good night!

There was still nothing that could have officially linked them with it, so they might well have stayed and brazened it out.