To practice tough love; to treat someone with compassion but applying stringent discipline in order to improve their behavior.
Infinitivetough-love
Past simpletough-loved
Past participletough-loved
-ing formtough-loving
Full conjugation of the English verb to tough-love (past simple tough-loved,
past participle tough-loved):
present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, present perfect, past perfect,
future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with all persons.
Indicative
Present simple
I
tough-love
you
tough-love
he/she/it
tough-loves
we
tough-love
you
tough-love
they
tough-love
Present continuous
I
am tough-loving
you
are tough-loving
he/she/it
is tough-loving
we
are tough-loving
you
are tough-loving
they
are tough-loving
Present perfect
I
have tough-loved
you
have tough-loved
he/she/it
has tough-loved
we
have tough-loved
you
have tough-loved
they
have tough-loved
Present perfect continuous
I
have been tough-loving
you
have been tough-loving
he/she/it
has been tough-loving
we
have been tough-loving
you
have been tough-loving
they
have been tough-loving
Past simple
I
tough-loved
you
tough-loved
he/she/it
tough-loved
we
tough-loved
you
tough-loved
they
tough-loved
Past continuous
I
was tough-loving
you
were tough-loving
he/she/it
was tough-loving
we
were tough-loving
you
were tough-loving
they
were tough-loving
Past perfect
I
had tough-loved
you
had tough-loved
he/she/it
had tough-loved
we
had tough-loved
you
had tough-loved
they
had tough-loved
Past perfect continuous
I
had been tough-loving
you
had been tough-loving
he/she/it
had been tough-loving
we
had been tough-loving
you
had been tough-loving
they
had been tough-loving
Future simple
I
will tough-love
you
will tough-love
he/she/it
will tough-love
we
will tough-love
you
will tough-love
they
will tough-love
Future continuous
I
will be tough-loving
you
will be tough-loving
he/she/it
will be tough-loving
we
will be tough-loving
you
will be tough-loving
they
will be tough-loving
Future perfect
I
will have tough-loved
you
will have tough-loved
he/she/it
will have tough-loved
we
will have tough-loved
you
will have tough-loved
they
will have tough-loved
Future perfect continuous
I
will have been tough-loving
you
will have been tough-loving
he/she/it
will have been tough-loving
we
will have been tough-loving
you
will have been tough-loving
they
will have been tough-loving
Conditional
Present
I
would tough-love
you
would tough-love
he/she/it
would tough-love
we
would tough-love
you
would tough-love
they
would tough-love
Present continuous
I
would be tough-loving
you
would be tough-loving
he/she/it
would be tough-loving
we
would be tough-loving
you
would be tough-loving
they
would be tough-loving
Perfect
I
would have tough-loved
you
would have tough-loved
he/she/it
would have tough-loved
we
would have tough-loved
you
would have tough-loved
they
would have tough-loved
Perfect continuous
I
would have been tough-loving
you
would have been tough-loving
he/she/it
would have been tough-loving
we
would have been tough-loving
you
would have been tough-loving
they
would have been tough-loving
Subjunctive
Present
that I
tough-love
that you
tough-love
that he/she/it
tough-love
that we
tough-love
that you
tough-love
that they
tough-love
Past
if I
tough-loved
if you
tough-loved
if he/she/it
tough-loved
if we
tough-loved
if you
tough-loved
if they
tough-loved
Imperative
Affirmative
you
tough-love
we
let's tough-love
Negative
you
don't tough-love
we
let's not tough-love
Non-finite forms
Infinitive
to tough-love
Perfect infinitive
to have tough-loved
Present participle / gerund
tough-loving
Past participle
tough-loved
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