harden up
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[edit]Verb
[edit]harden up (third-person singular simple present hardens up, present participle hardening up, simple past and past participle hardened up)
- (nautical, UK) To tighten up a sailboat's sheets in order to prevent luffing.
- (informal, transitive) To become or make (something, someone) hard, either literally or figuratively.