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English
Verb
rough it (third-person singular simple present roughs it, present participle roughing it, simple past and past participle roughed it)
- (colloquial) To endure hard living conditions; to live without ordinary comforts.
- Coordinate term: tough out
Out in the backwoods with only a tent and no radio or plumbing, they were really roughing it.
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