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roughening up

roughening up is the present participle and gerund of roughen up.

Meaning of roughen up

Verb

roughen up (third-person singular simple present roughens up, present participle roughening up, simple past and past participle roughened up)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) to make something rough or rougher

Questions about roughening up

What is roughening up the present participle and gerund of?
Roughening up is the present participle and gerund of roughen up.

Words near roughening up in the dictionary

  1. roughened
  2. roughened up
  3. roughener
  4. rougheners
  5. roughening
  6. roughening up
  7. roughens
  8. roughens up
  9. rougher
  10. rougher around the edges
  11. rougher-around-the-edges

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