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[rough it]{v. phr.} To live like primitive people; live with little of the comfort and equipment of civilization. •/Scouts like to rough it in the woods on weekend hikes./

[roughneck]{n.} A low, coarse fellow. •/The only boys in the neighborhood are a bunch of roughnecks, and Mrs. Smith is unhappy about the fact that her son is rapidly becoming one of them./

[rough-shod] See: RIDE ROUGH-SHOD OVER.

[rough sledding] See: HARD SLEDDING.

[rough up]{v.} To attack or hurt physically; treat roughly; beat. •/Three boys were sent home for a week because they roughed up a player on the visiting team./ •/While Pete was walking in a strange part of town some boys roughed him up and told him to stay out of their territory./

[roughly speaking]{adv. phr.} Approximately; in general terms. •/Roughly speaking, about 250 people attended the annual convention of the Dictionary Society of America./

[roulette] See: RUSSIAN ROULETTE.

[round] See: BRING AROUND or BRING ROUND, COME ROUND, GO THE ROUNDS, MAKE ROUNDS, SQUARE PEG IN A ROUND HOLE, YEAR-ROUND.

[round-eyed] or [wide-eyed] also [large-eyed]{adj.} Very much surprised; astonished; awed. •/The people were round-eyed when they learned what the computer could do./ •/The children were wide-eyed at the sight of the Christmas tree and didn’t make a sound./

[round off]{v.} 1. To make round or curved. •/John decided to round off the corners of the table he was making so that no one would be hurt by bumping them./ 2. To change to the nearest whole number. •/The teacher said to round off the averages./ 3. To end in a satisfactory way; put a finishing touch on; finish nicely. •/We rounded off the dinner with mixed nuts./ •/A boat ride in the moonlight rounded off the day at the lake./ Compare: TOP OFF.

[round out]{v. phr.} To complete; make whole. •/He needs only one or two more rare compact discs to round out his collection of Vivaldi./

[round robin]{n. phr.} 1. Something written, especially a request or protest that is signed by a group of people. — Often used like an adjective. •/The people in our neighborhood are sending a round robin to the Air Force to protest the noise the jet planes make flying over our houses./ 2. A letter written by a group of people each writing one or two paragraphs and then sending the letter to another person, who adds a paragraph, and so on. •/The class sent a round-robin letter to Bill in the hospital./ 3. A meeting in which each one in a group of people takes part; a talk between various members of a group. — Often used like an adjective. •/There is a round-robin meeting of expert fishermen on the radio, giving advice on how to catch fish./ 4. A contest or games in which each player or team plays every other player or team in turn. — Often used like an adjective. •/The tournament will be a round robin for all the high school teams in the city./

[rounds] See: GO THE ROUNDS.

[round the clock] See: AROUND THE CLOCK.

[round trip]{n.} A return trip; passage to a place and back. •/The ticket agent explained that a ticket for a round trip to Hawaii at certain times of the year may cost less than a one-way ticket during the high season./