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roughens up

roughens up is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 roughens up

What is roughens up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Roughens up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of roughen up.

Words near roughens up in the dictionary

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

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