hard stuff
Americannoun
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strongly addictive drugs.
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liquor with a high alcoholic content; hard liquor.
Etymology
Origin of hard stuff
First recorded in 1950–55
Example Sentences
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Most of all, they needed to understand why we do all this hard stuff, and how to get through it — so I put together “My Mother’s Money: A Guide to Financial Caregiving.”
From MarketWatch
“I didn’t do hard stuff in front of him, just out of respect,” Sheen said.
From Los Angeles Times
But it’s always beer — I don’t really drink any hard stuff.
From Los Angeles Times
Any time you ever get better, you only grow through the hard stuff.
From Los Angeles Times
Though really, I was more than eager to breeze through the hard stuff, “win” a few sessions by making my therapist crack a smile at my mental binder of self-critical jokes and then graduate onto the next thing.
From Salon
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