Meanings
nountough nut (plural tough nuts)
plural tough nuts
- Synonym of tough nut to crack (“person, etc. difficult to deal with”).
Synonyms: tough nut to crack
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of tough nut to crack (“person, etc. difficult to deal with”).
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tough nut. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tough%20nut
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“tough nut.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tough%20nut. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tough nut,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tough%20nut.
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