Usually means: Become tougher, more resilient emotionally.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (harden up)

verb:  (nautical, UK) To tighten up a sailboat's sheets in order to prevent luffing.
verb:  (informal, transitive) To become or make (something, someone) hard, either literally or figuratively.


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