Meaning

1 senses
  1. (colloquial)To endure hard living conditions; to live without ordinary comforts.

    Out in the backwoods with only a tent and no radio or plumbing, they were really roughing it.

Examples

4 sentences
  1. I have a rough idea where it is.

    Я приблизно знаю, де воно. — shanghainese

    ruЯ имею смутное представление о том, где это находится. — marafon

    deIch habe eine ungefähre Ahnung, wo das ist. — cost

  2. They had a rough time of it.

    ruИм тогда пришлось очень тяжко. — sharptoothed

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  3. I've got a rough idea where it is.

    deIch habe eine ungefähre Ahnung, wo das ist. — cost

  4. Soccer might be a game for rough girls, but it barely works as one for delicate boys.

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Forms

roughs it, roughing it, roughed it, roughed it
Base formrough it · to rough it
3rd person singularroughs it
Present participleroughing it
Past simpleroughed it
Past participleroughed it

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrough it
he, she, itroughs it

Past simpleLesson

all personsroughed it

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave roughed it
he, she, ithas roughed it

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill rough it

Word family

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