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lived rough

lived rough is the simple past and past participle of live rough.

Meaning of live rough

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

Questions about lived rough

What is lived rough the simple past and past participle of?
Lived rough is the simple past and past participle of live rough.

Words near lived rough in the dictionary

  1. lived paycheque to paycheque
  2. lived rent free in someone's head
  3. lived rent free in someone's mind
  4. lived rent-free in someone's head
  5. lived rent-free in someone's mind
  6. lived rough
  7. lived tally
  8. lived the dream
  9. lived through
  10. lived time
  11. lived times

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lived rough (page history and authors); live 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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