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roughs up the bullpen

roughs up the bullpen is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rough up the bullpen.

Meaning of rough up the bullpen

Verb

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

  1. To manage easily to hit pitching by the starting and relief pitchers of the opposing team, despite the types of pitches thrown or the skill of the pitchers.
    • The strong baseball team really roughed up the bullpen in their 34-0 rout against their foes; the coach used nine relievers and they still couldn't get anybody out.

Questions about roughs up the bullpen

What is roughs up the bullpen the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Roughs up the bullpen is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rough up the bullpen.

Words near roughs up the bullpen in the dictionary

  1. roughriding
  2. roughs
  3. roughs it
  4. roughs out
  5. roughs up
  6. roughs up the bullpen
  7. roughscuff
  8. roughsetter
  9. roughsetters
  10. roughshod
  11. roughsome

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