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lay rough

lay rough is the simple past of lie rough.

Meaning of lie rough

Verb

lie rough (third-person singular simple present lies rough, present participle lying rough, simple past lay rough, past participle lain rough)

  1. Synonym of sleep rough
    Synonyms:
    sleep rough

Questions about lay rough

What is lay rough the simple past of?
Lay rough is the simple past of lie rough.

Words near lay rough in the dictionary

  1. lay preachers
  2. lay reader
  3. lay readers
  4. lay rector
  5. lay rectors
  6. lay rough
  7. lay rubber
  8. lay salt on someone's tail
  9. lay siege
  10. lay some skin on
  11. lay something at the door of

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lay rough (page history and authors); lie rough (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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