in rough

idiom

British
: in an unfinished form
The plans were done in rough for preapproval.

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The second-year quarterback looked — even in rough moments — like a kid in a London sweets shop. Luca Evans, Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2025 That kind of prolonged heat has left the greens in rough shape. Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025 Rodriguez’s daughter, Regan Rodriguez, who started working as his tour manager in 2007, said the home was in rough shape when it was purchased in the late 1970s. Brendel Clark, Freep.com, 8 Oct. 2025 Already this season, nine houses have collapsed along the Outer Banks of North Carolina in rough surf and damaging waves as a pair of hurricanes, Humberto and Imelda, stirred up the ocean well offshore. Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for in rough

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“In rough.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20rough. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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