"have a rough time of it" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: has a rough time of it [present, singular, third-person], having a rough time of it [participle, present], had a rough time of it [participle, past], had a rough time of it [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|have<has,,had> a rough time of it}} have a rough time of it (third-person singular simple present has a rough time of it, present participle having a rough time of it, simple past and past participle had a rough time of it)
  1. (idiomatic, informal) To have many problems; to have a difficult time. Tags: idiomatic, informal Synonyms: have a bad time of it, have a poor time of it
    Sense id: en-have_a_rough_time_of_it-en-verb-ePactf6M Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with placeholder "it"

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