Usually means: Making something less smooth, abrasive.
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General (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. roughing up: Merriam-Webster
  2. roughing up: Collins English Dictionary
  3. roughing up: Vocabulary.com
  4. roughing up: Wiktionary
  5. roughing up: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. roughing up: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. roughing up: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. roughing up: Idioms



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