harden up

English

Verb

harden up (third-person singular simple present hardens up, present participle hardening up, simple past and past participle hardened up)

  1. (nautical, UK) To tighten up a sailboat's sheets in order to prevent luffing.
  2. (informal, transitive) To become or make (something, someone) hard, either literally or figuratively.
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