tough-love (English, verb)
expansion: tough-love (third-person singular simple present tough-loves, present participle tough-loving, simple past and past participle tough-loved)
Senses:
glosses: To practice tough love; to treat someone with compassion but applying stringent discipline in order to improve their behavior.
tags: informal
transitive
Forms:
form: tough-loves
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: tough-loving
tags: participle
present
form: tough-loved
tags: participle
past
form: tough-loved
tags: past