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Meaning of rough it | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To endure hard living conditions; to live without ordinary comforts.

colloquial

Examples

“Out in the backwoods with only a tent and no radio or plumbing, they were really roughing it.”
“I agree that boys ought to rough it; but when a boy is lame and very delicate, he roughs it sufficiently if he leaves home.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

rough out rough up rough up the bullpen rough-and-tumble rough-and-tumbled rough-and-tumbles

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