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roughed up

roughed up is the simple past and past participle of rough up.

Meaning of rough up

Verb

rough up (third-person singular simple present roughs up, present participle roughing up, simple past and past participle roughed up)

  1. To manhandle or beat up.
    • The gangsters roughed him up a little.
  2. To make rough, to roughen (especially doing so to wood while raising the grain).
  3. (historical) To rub the loam that covers the brick wall of a mould to make it adhere firmly.

Questions about roughed up

What is roughed up the simple past and past participle of?
Roughed up is the simple past and past participle of rough up.

Words near roughed up in the dictionary

  1. Roughead
  2. Rougheads
  3. roughed
  4. roughed it
  5. roughed out
  6. roughed up
  7. roughed up the bullpen
  8. roughen
  9. roughen up
  10. roughened
  11. roughened up

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