Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thug it out

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.48 in modern English

Syllables: thug it out
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To endure; to tough it out.

American usage; Intransitive verb; Slang

Example Sentences

"We can work without the perks, just you and me Thug it out ’til we get it right"
"He wasn’t worried about contracting the virus, and spun the situation with the kind of edge that would make Supreme founder James Jebbia proud. “You’re a New Yorker, you kinda thug it out,” he said."
"“I'm not saying she could get it,” Reid began, referring to the Republican nomination, “but if you’re the donor class that wants Trump gone, you tell her ‘Thug it out for a few months. I’m gonna put some more money in your bank account’.”"

Etymology

Evoking thug life and connoting the assertion that thuggish behavior is a necessary evil.

Usage

Inflected Forms

thugs it out (present, singular) thugging it out (participle, present) thugged it out (participle, past) thugged it out (past)

Questions

What does thug it out mean?: To endure; to tough it out.
Where does thug it out come from?: Evoking thug life and connoting the assertion that thuggish behavior is a necessary evil.

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