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Definition of rough-and-tumble

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Other terms relating to 'and':

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Definitions include: to talk a lot but never take action.
Definitions include: clumsy.
Definitions include: better than all that.
Definitions include: the best.
Definitions include: Without substance, All talk and no action
Definitions include: a lot of money.
Definitions include: to get fouled in basketball and make the basket
Definitions include: used to indicate an extreme condition or an excessive amount.
Definitions include: et cetera.
Definitions include: used to indicate an extreme condition or an excessive amount.
Definitions include: a quantity between 1 and one order of magnitude lower than the quantity previously mentioned.
Definitions include: interjection of agreement.

Other terms relating to 'rough':

Definitions include: to go through a rough patch, i.e. a difficult time.
Definitions include: acronym for "rough as fuck", i.e. unattractive.
Definitions include: to steal, pocket, keep.
Definitions include: having not mastered a subject.
Definitions include: to play roughly.
Definitions include: to go without comforts, e.g. running water.
Definitions include: an oil well worker.
Definitions include: a difficult time.
Definitions include: rough male homosexual sex.
Definitions include: to beat up.
Definitions include: a term for male masturbation.

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