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Definition of Rough up
1. Verb. Treat violently. "They want to rough up the prisoners "; "The police strong-armed the suspect"
Definition of Rough up
1. Verb. to manhandle or beat up ¹
2. Verb. To make rough, to roughen (especially doing so to wood while raising the grain) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rough Up
Literary usage of Rough up
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Contributions from the New York Botanical Garden by New York Botanical Garden (1907)
"furrowed when dry, the beaked lid about two-thirds length of capsule ; calyptra
smooth, fimbriate at base ; spores rough, up to i6/^. ..."
2. Annual Report of the Isthmian Canal Commission by Isthmian Canal Commission (U.S.), United States President (1901-1909 : Roosevelt), Canal Zone Governor (1914)
"Of the remaining 8 four-family quarters, 5 were complete in the rough, up to and
including the second-floor slab, and 3 up to and including the first floor ..."
3. Fores's Sporting Notes & Sketches. a Quarterly Magazine Descriptive of (1897)
"Sit hard, it's a bit rough up here.' It was a bit rough ' up here' for the better
part of a mile through the fields, and I was not sorry when we entered a ..."
4. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"rumple, ruffle; rough up [one's hair, tukkansa] ; dishevel; (kangasta) roughen,
teased); 2. ..."
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