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Definition of rough up
rough up
verb - transitive
- to beat up.
They roughed him up pretty good, but he'll pull through.
- See more words with the same meaning: to attack, to fight.
Last edited on Aug 21 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 14 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'to attack, to fight': | |
| Definitions include: to physically attack someone. | |
| Definitions include: to fight. | |
| Definitions include: to beat someone up, to attack. | |
| Definitions include: to break or ruin. | |
| Definitions include: to lie to. | |
| Definitions include: a dirty person who looks like crap. | |
| Definitions include: to punch or attack, typically with no prior warning. Also stole on. | |
| Definitions include: to "step up" to a fight. | |
| Definitions include: to defeat. | |
| Definitions include: to severely injure (a person) or damage or ruin (a thing.) | |
| Definitions include: to fight. | |
| Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool"; "awesome". | |
| Definitions include: to beat a person. | |
| Definitions include: intravenous drug bell ringer. | |
| Definitions include: to hit or cause bodily injury. | |
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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: tough. | |
| 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: a term for male masturbation. | |
Other terms relating to 'up': | |
| Definitions include: a warning that one or more law enforcement officers are near. | |
| Definitions include: a secret advantage. | |
| Definitions include: to misbehave. | |
| Definitions include: acronym of "all fucked up." | |
| Definitions include: well dressed, wearing makeup, etc. | |
| Definitions include: doing something emphatically. | |
| Definitions include: energetic due to consumption of a stimulant. | |
| Definitions include: to increase. | |
| Definitions include: to contribute one's share. | |
| Definitions include: to mess up. | |
| Definitions include: 1. To be highly intoxicated on drugs and/or alcohol | |
| Definitions include: to make something like ass. | |
| Definitions include: strange, stupid; "weird". | |
| Definitions include: stupid. | |
| Definitions include: strange / stupid. | |
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