tough decision

collocation in English

meaningsoftoughanddecision

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tough
adjective
uk
/tʌf/
us
/tʌf/
strong; not easily broken or ...
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decision
noun
uk
/dɪˈsɪʒ.ən/
us
/dɪˈsɪʒ.ən/
a choice that you make about something after thinking about ...
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(Definition oftoughanddecisionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We had to take atoughdecision, and we have taken it.
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Unfortunately, we cannot change things now, and we all face atoughdecisiontonight.
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Having made atoughdecision, he now finds that he cannot live with it and seeks to run away from it.
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Admittedly, it would be atoughdecisionfor it.
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Thetoughdecisionwas to fire the ship.
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But talking of atoughdecisiondoes not tell us which way we ought to make it.
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The decision to ban beef on the bone was atoughdecision.
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Thetoughdecisionwould have been to blow the hatches off, let the air in and fire it.
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If that entails being less than humanitarian to the prisoners, it is atoughdecision, but so be it.
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Thattoughdecisionmust be faced sooner rather than later.
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I praise the county council for making atoughdecision—although it has yet to find that £77,000, which will mean service cuts elsewhere.
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It is atoughdecisionand, whichever way we jump, we shall upset more people than we satisfy.
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It is atoughdecisionfor a woman to make when she is feeling weak, trampled upon and vulnerable.
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However, there is a distinct difference between making atoughdecisionand making the right one.
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However, the real point is that the latter has come about as a result of some quitetoughdecision-making.
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Of course, it is atoughdecision, but that is what leadership in our schools is about these days.
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Atoughdecisioncannot be taken by the commission; all it can do is solve problems which are suitable for resolution at a fairly friendly level.
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Regulators faced atoughdecisionabout how to resolve the matter.
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After the contestants take turns making thetoughdecision, the round ends with no one eliminated.
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He then trained as a quantity surveyor and was faced with thetoughdecisionof whether to play cricket professionally or to continue surveying quantities.
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