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PRONUNCIATION OF ROUGH UP

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ROUGH UP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Rough up is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

WHAT DOES ROUGH UP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of rough up in the English dictionary

The definition of rough up in the dictionary is to treat violently; beat up. Other definition of rough up is to cause to stand up by rubbing against the grain.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ROUGH UP

rough as sacks
rough breathing
rough collie
rough copy
rough diamond
rough draft
rough fish
rough it
rough justice
rough music
rough on
rough out
rough paper
rough passage
rough puff pastry
rough sleeper
rough spin
rough stuff
rough trade
rough work

WORDS THAT END LIKE ROUGH UP

bash up
brush up
cash up
catch up
cough up
dish up
earth up
fetch up
high up
hush up
polish up
psych up
stitch up
touch up
wash up
weigh up

Synonyms and antonyms of rough up in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «rough up» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ROUGH UP

Find out the translation of rough up to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of rough up from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rough up» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

粗糙起来
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bruto hasta
570 millions of speakers

English

rough up
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ऊपर किसी न किसी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الخام تصل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

избивать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

áspero para cima
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রুক্ষ আপ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tabasser
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kasar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

verstrubbeln
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アップラフ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

거칠게
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Atos munggah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thô lên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கடினமான வரை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खडबडीत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kaba
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

rough
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

szorstki się
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бити
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dur în sus
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τραχύ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

rowwe
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

grov upp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

grov opp
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of rough up

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ROUGH UP»

The term «rough up» is normally little used and occupies the 120.033 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ROUGH UP» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about rough up

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROUGH UP»

Discover the use of rough up in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rough up and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang
2 to rough up to treat roughly, manhandle, assault. See rough-up noun. 1942–. M . BRAITHWAITE They began to rough us up and we kicked and pulled and yelled about what our dads would do if they didn't leave us alone (1970). rough house ...
John Ayto, John Simpson, 2010
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus
... adumbrate, block (out), chalk (out), characterize, draft, outline, skeleton, skeletonize rough (up) vb syn MANHANDLE, knock about, mishandle, roughhouse, slap around rough-and-ready adj syn MAKESHIFT, provisional, roughs and-tumble, ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1988
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The Pop Up Kid: Secret Memoirs of the Intentionally Abused
To rough up a dog and think that you will never get bitten is unrealistic. And to rough up a dog and take your anger out on him when he manages to bite you is unfair to the dog; there is no place for that in dog roughing-upping. It was just good, ...
Noah Jacobson, 2014
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Hocak Teaching Materials, Volume 1: Elements of ...
XereXérek. (hjxéreœere'k, njaiéreirerék) EVALUATIVE, PERCEPTION TACTILE My skin is rough. 'qura thereXerekSana.7 rough up v.tr. rupana hanl. (20) (rupana haanj, rupana 111151111) PHYSICAL CONTACT Did you rough up the kids?
Johannes Helmbrecht, Christian Lehmann, 2010
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Love Power: New Dimensions for Building Strong Families
Blow Our Tops and Rough-up the Children Recently, I became interested in a newspaper article under the title, "Expert Sinks Child Rearing Theories." A child psychologist was reporting on the trend to re-examine current practices in ...
Alan Stine, 1977
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The House of RA: Book Two of the Butchers in Series
The lesson La learned was don't rough up the twins. If you do, don't do it around mother! Young Dan was getting big at four and a half. Between his father's, his mother's and his big sister Yaya's roughing him up, he was very rough. Dan loved  ...
Robert Davis, 2006
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Provincetown: From Pilgrim Landing to Gay Resort
In my book, these youth who rough up queers are local heroes."34 In its blatant disregard of the increasingly gay-friendly and gay-dependent direction in which Provincetown was moving, this diatribe helped reinforce the belief at Land's End  ...
Karen Christel Krahulik, 2007
8
How to Fabricate Automotive Fiberglass & Carbon Fiber Parts
After the resin has completely hardened, use your angle grinder with the flapper wheel to lightly rough up the surface in preparation for the next layer of the repair. Now you can measure and cut a piece of standard woven fiberglass cloth to ...
Daniel Burrill, 2012
9
Freedom on the Border: An Oral History of the Civil Rights ...
At that time in order to let black people know that they could go so far and no farther, if a black man was seen out there talking to a white girl, the police would rough up the white woman but they would beat the hell out of the black man, say, you ...
Catherine Fosl, Tracy E. K'Meyer, 2009
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Codename: Rosemary
Letting these beefy jerks rough-up our adopted daughter like that?”, I then angrily asked Ms. Snyderman, as I turned to look at her, as I couldn't believe that Ms. Snyderman would let these beefy thugs rough-up a little girl like our new, adopted ...
William J. Smith, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ROUGH UP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rough up is used in the context of the following news items.
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J&K: Mob tries to rough up MP, torches vehicle in Kashmir
Srinagar, July 11: A mob on Saturday tried to rough up a Rajya Sabha member of the PDP in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district, and torched a vehicle ... «Oneindia, Jul 15»
2
Astros rough up Felix Hernandez in win over Seattle
HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Astros cast aside their recent offensive woes with an unlikely outburst against one of the game's best pitchers Friday night to ... «USA TODAY, Jun 15»
3
D-backs rough up Giants' Vogelsong, clinch series victory: By the …
San Francisco Giants' Ryan Vogelsong watches after walking Arizona Diamondbacks' Nick Ahmed, to drive in a run, in the first inning of a baseball game ... «Arizona Sports, Jun 15»
4
Braves rough up Cueto, Cozart to earn series split
ATLANTA — There are days when Johnny Cueto looks unhittable and unbeatable. And then there was Sunday. The Reds' ace looked like anything but on ... «Cincinnati.com, May 15»
5
Twins rough up Chris Sale, blow out White Sox 12-2
The nine runs he gave up (eight earned) were also a career high. It made a winner out of Twins righthander Trevor May (2-1), who is tied for the team lead in ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Apr 15»
6
Cardinals rough up Gonzalez in big-league debut
Gonzalez was shelled in his major-league debut as the night amounted essentially to what the Phillies called up the pitcher to avoid: a bullpen game. The wiry ... «Philly.com, Apr 15»
7
England paceman Liam Plunkett ready to 'rough up' West Indies …
Liam Plunkett has promised to “rough up” the West Indies with raw pace and bring the speed gun out of hibernation. Plunkett, 29, is back in Test contention after ... «mirror.co.uk, Apr 15»
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Blue Jays rough up Julio Teheran and Braves for 10-5 win
Marco Estrada, bidding for a spot in the Toronto rotation, gave up three hits over three scoreless innings as he bounced back from a rough relief outing in his ... «CTV News, Mar 15»
9
Turkish activists rough up two US Marines in Istanbul
Anti-US activists in the Turkish city of Istanbul have roughed up two American Marines, expressing resentment against the soldiers from the “occupying country.”. «Press TV, Nov 14»
10
Trout gets 3 hits, Angels rough up Quintana, White Sox 8-6
Mike Trout got three more hits, lifting his spring average to .444, and the Los Angeles Angels roughed up Jose Quintana in an 8-6 win over the Chicago White ... «Fox News, Mar 14»

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