How to Use get tough on in a Sentence

get tough on

idiomatic phrase

• Over 100 former world leaders urged Biden this week to get tough on Iran.
  — Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 26 May 2023
• Sacramento needs to get tougher on these adult temper tantrums.
  — Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2024
• And his pledges to get tough on crime resonated in a country with one of the world’s highest rates of violent crime.
  — Ana Ionova, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Aug. 2021
• Trump has made TikTok the central example of his campaign to get tough on China.
  — Zheping Huang, Bloomberg.com, 15 Sep. 2020
• That comes up now and still because the NFL has decided to get tough on this issue, with players, coaches, support people and media.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 27 July 2021
• And even in cities without a competitive mayor’s race, the question of how to get tough on crime and bolster public safety has emerged as a defining issue.
  — Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2021
• Both parties are vying to produce the strongest rhetoric about getting tough on Beijing and restricting its global role.
  — Wang Jisi, Foreign Affairs, 1 Aug. 2024
• In recent months, Califf has urged the Biden administration to get tough on tobacco companies.
  — Nicholas Florko, STAT, 15 Nov. 2021
• The Biden administration's new rule puts every American company with 100 or more employees in the same boat: All must get tough on their workers.
  — David Goldman, CNN, 10 Sep. 2021
• The tariffs were part of a campaign promise to get tough on China, which dominates solar-panel manufacturing, and to boost the U.S. industry.
  — Brian Eckhouse, Bloomberg.com, 24 Oct. 2020
• Washington largely turned a blind eye to let American investors profit from China’s leading firms, but that could be coming to an end as Washington looks to get tough on China.
  — Yvonne Lau, Fortune, 8 July 2022
• Both political parties are increasingly aligned on the need to get tougher on China and Chinese companies.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune Asia, 16 July 2024
• After Condé was ousted by Col. Mamady Doumbouya in 2021, the young leader of the country’s special forces signaled his willingness to get tough on foreign mining companies.
  — Rachel Chason and Chloe Sharrock, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Apr. 2023
• After Condé was ousted by Col. Mamady Doumbouya in 2021, the young leader of the country’s special forces signaled his willingness to get tough on foreign mining companies.
  — Rachel Chason and Chloe Sharrock, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Apr. 2023
• Gloria said the new local ordinance would get tough on people who refuse to accept help or move their tents, but still would take a compassionate and progressive enforcement approach.
  — Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2023
• His appointment to the National Economic Council, which has been cheered by progressives and booed by the tech industry, is an early signal that the Biden administration plans to get tough on tech.
  — Nicolás Rivero, Quartz, 6 Mar. 2021
• Lately streaming service news has been all about price hikes, the introduction of ads, getting tougher on password sharing, and even unreliable performance.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 1 Nov. 2023
• The latest from California Washington is getting tough on China.
  — David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2023
• But responding to national crises by stoking jingoism and promising to get tough on our many enemies is a truly bipartisan habit.
  — Alex Pareene, The New Republic, 5 Oct. 2020
• The tariffs were a step toward following through on a campaign promise to get tough on China, which dominates solar panel manufacturing, and boost the U.S. industry.
  — Brian Eckhouse, Bloomberg.com, 11 Oct. 2020
• The curfew also comes after President Donald Trump held a conference call with the nation’s governors urging them to get tough on violent protesters.
  — Steve Bittenbender, Washington Examiner, 2 June 2020
• Vowing to get tougher on lax retailers, the Biden administration in 2021 announced a far stricter policy in which even one serious violation would result in the ATF moving to revoke a license.
  — Vernal Coleman, ProPublica, 11 Dec. 2023
• Kleefisch also referenced Michels for previously leading an organization that fought a proposal to get tough on people who were living in the country illegally.
  — Fox News, 27 July 2022
• Several state-media commentaries and articles also suggested that Chinese regulators plan to get tough on more industries, sparking selloffs in the shares of online pharmacy operators and companies that make expensive liquor.
  — Chong Koh Ping, WSJ, 20 Aug. 2021
• There’s a lot of general talk about lowering inflation, slashing government spending, cutting taxes, boosting US energy production, and getting tougher on America’s biggest global competitor, China.
  — Jim Puzzanghera, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2023
• Why can’t Ofcom take action? U.K. officials subsequently issued warnings to social media firms urging them to get tough on false information online.
  — Ryan Browne, CNBC, 8 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024