Lean and Tough

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Lean

Lean adjective - Having a noticeably small amount of body fat.

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Tough and lean are semantically related. in poor topic. In some cases you can use "Tough" instead an adjective "Lean", when it comes to topics like hard.

Nearby Words: leaning, leaned, leanness, leant

Tough

Tough adjective - Not easily chewed.

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Lean and tough are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lean" instead an adjective "Tough".

Nearby Words: toughness, toughen, toughening, tougher, toughed

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They're also pretty darn tough to beat; though having a fourth party member helps lean the odds to your side.

Source: Evil Twin
She puts up a tough front on pretty much everything; it takes a season and a half of Mulder telling her she can lean on him and a kidnapping encounter with a sociopath to even get her to lower her walls at all.

Source: One of the Boys

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