roughen up in English

Audio: En-au-roughen up.ogg

Forms: roughens up [present, singular, third-person], roughening up [participle, present], roughened up [participle, past], roughened up [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} roughen up (third-person singular simple present roughens up, present participle roughening up, simple past and past participle roughened up)

Inflected forms

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"roughen up" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms