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cut up rough en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (colloquial, idiomatic) To become angry; to make a fuss.
    • As anticipated, however, the Parlement cut up rough over a new stamp duty on public and printed documents […] 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 385:
    • Third, while there is no immediate risk of Greece being kicked out of the club, such a threat could materialise if German taxpayers were to cut up rough and exert real political pressure on Angela Merkel's government. 2011 June 21, Larry Elliott, The Guardian:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
cutting up rough Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
cuts up rough Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
cut up rough Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
cut up rough Tense=Past lexicographic

Synonyms

cut up nasty