rough up

1. To manhandle or beat up.

   The gangsters roughed him up a little.

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2. To make rough, to roughen (especially doing so to wood while raising the grain).

3. (historical)To rub the loam that covers the brick wall of a mould to make it adhere firmly.

1. Tom was roughed up by the police.

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2. The police roughed Tom up.

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3. Tom has been roughed up.

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4. Rough him up a bit.

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5. Tom was roughed up by ruffians.

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irregular

• rough upTo manhandle or beat up.
• rough outTo create the rough shape of (something, such as a machined part or a sculpture); to do the first-fix setup of (something, such as plumbing or wiring).