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    hard-nosed
    /ˌhɑːdˈnəʊzd/

    adjective

    • 1. realistic and determined; tough-minded: informal "a hard-nosed businessman"

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  3. practical and determined: He has a reputation as a hard-nosed negotiator.

  4. You use hard-nosed to describe someone who is tough and realistic, and who takes decisions on practical grounds rather than emotional ones.

  5. practical and determined: His hard-nosed business approach is combined with a very real concern for the less fortunate in society. Synonyms. practical. pragmatic. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Wise and sensible. be a victory for common sense idiom. cannily.

  6. The meaning of HARD-NOSED is being tough, stubborn, or uncompromising. How to use hard-nosed in a sentence.

  7. Hard-nosed definition: hardheaded or tough; unsentimentally practical. See examples of HARD-NOSED used in a sentence.

  8. You use hard-nosed to describe someone who is tough and realistic, and who makes decisions on practical grounds rather than emotional ones.

  9. Definition of hard-nosed adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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