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live rough

live rough verb: to live and sleep outdoors or in a rough or makeshift shelter, not having a proper home or abode.

Verb

live rough (third-person singular simple present lives rough, present participle living rough, simple past and past participle lived rough)

  1. (UK, idiomatic) To live and sleep outdoors or in a rough or makeshift shelter, not having a proper home or abode.
    Synonyms:
    sleep rough

Synonyms of live rough

Forms of live rough

third-person singular presentlives rough
present participleliving rough
past participlelived rough
pastlived rough

Questions about live rough

What does live rough mean?
Live rough means to live and sleep outdoors or in a rough or makeshift shelter, not having a proper home or abode.
What part of speech is live rough?
Live rough is a verb.
What is the past tense of live rough?
The past tense of live rough is lived rough.

Words near live rough in the dictionary

  1. live rent free in someone's head
  2. live rent free in someone's mind
  3. live rent-free in someone's head
  4. live rent-free in someone's mind
  5. live rock
  6. live rough
  7. live round
  8. live service
  9. live services
  10. live shot
  11. live shots

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