rough it

phrase

: to live under harsh or primitive conditions

Examples of rough it in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

By offering amenities like beds, showers and electricity, glamping sands down the edges of roughing it in the wilderness. — Sean McGowan, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

The skeleton crew roughed it from the Himalayas to the desert in Rajasthan and the jungle in Odisha. — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 27 Aug. 2026

Now all the fur baby parents are forced to rough it at the neighborhood’s public dog park. — Mimi Montgomery, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026

This two-piece Jason Markk kit includes a soft horsehair brush for cleaning suede without roughing it up, plus an eraser for removing stubborn dirt and marks. — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 19 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for rough it

• acquit
• admit
• armpit
• backlit
• befit
• cockpit
• commit
• dalit
• dendrite
• emit
• illite
• misfit