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To practice tough love; To treat someone with compassionate but stringent discipline in order to improve their behavior.

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tough-love

Source Word

tough-love

Verb

To practice tough love; To treat someone with compassionate but stringent discipline in order to improve their behavior.

Japanese Meaning

相手の行動改善を目的に、情け深さと厳しさを組み合わせた指導を行う / 厳しくも愛情ある態度で相手を導く、自己改善を促す対応

After repeated warnings, she had to tough-love her roommate into paying their share of the bills.

何度も警告した後、彼女は同居人に自分の負担分の請求を支払わせるために厳しい愛情で接するしかなかった。

Sense（1）

To practice tough love; To treat someone with compassionate but stringent discipline in order to improve their behavior.

The system's got some of our finest men being tough-loved to death!

tough-loves

（ present singular third-person ）

tough-loving

（ participle present ）

tough-loved

（ participle past ）

tough-loved

（ past ）