"rough it" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: roughs it [present, singular, third-person], roughing it [participle, present], roughed it [participle, past], roughed it [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} rough it (third-person singular simple present roughs it, present participle roughing it, simple past and past participle roughed it)
  1. (colloquial) To endure hard living conditions; to live without ordinary comforts. Tags: colloquial Synonyms: rough it out Related terms: scrape by
    Sense id: en-rough_it-en-verb-lDnCo9CA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with placeholder "it"

Inflected forms

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