gutting
gut it out
To persist through a difficult situation. I'm amazed you gutted it out and went to school with such a high fever.
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gut out
To endure or tolerate some task or activity despite difficulties, hardships, or unpleasant conditions. A noun or pronoun can be used between "gut" and "out." I know you aren't enjoying college so far, but you should gut it out for at least the first year. Well, you gutted out your first winter in Siberia—how was it? I gutted that job out for nearly 10 years, but I came to realize that life is too short to spend it being miserable.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
gut it out
Also, tough it out. Show pluck and perseverance in the face of opposition or adversity. For example, I know it's hard but we'll just have to gut it out, or His boss has a terrible temper, but Joe is determined to tough it out. The first term dates from the mid-1900s; the variant was first recorded in 1860.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
gut it out
Slang To show pluck and perseverance in the face of opposition or adversity.
See also: gut, out
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
- gut it out
- gut out
- tough it out
- tough out
- gutted
- gut-busting
- my gut tells me
- guts
- gut
- the breaks