What does rough house mean?
Rough house means (idiomatic) Of behavior, rowdy, boisterous, or fighting..
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/ˈɹʌf.haʊs/ · adjective
(idiomatic) Of behavior, rowdy, boisterous, or fighting..
The film presents Gia as a roughhouse girl plopped down in the world of instant fame, sex, money, and drugs.
Out in the street, some delinquents were roughhousing a victim, until the police drove by.
Use rough house when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Rough house means (idiomatic) Of behavior, rowdy, boisterous, or fighting..
Common synonyms include rough up, work over.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The film presents Gia as a roughhouse girl plopped down in the world of instant fame, sex, money, and drugs.
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