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rough out
verb
- See rough
- engineering to machine (a workpiece, such as a casting or forging) with heavy cuts leaving a rough surface to be finished
Idioms and Phrases
Also, rough in . Prepare or indicate in unfinished form, as in He roughed out several plans for a merger , or They roughed in where the doors would go without checking with the architect . [Second half of 1700s]Example Sentences
The robots can slice through stone and rough out vast blocks of stone while the artisans are sleeping.
She would take a large canvas, and would rough out upon it that very oval down on which she now looked.
It did blow during the night; it must have been rough out in the Channel; then the wind dropped to a light breeze.
You see, it has always been rather rough out this way—lumbermen and the like always puttin' up at Dobson's.
Besides, I want you to notice that its kind of rough out on the lake, and as it stands were taking big chances of being swamped.
I rough out my thoughts in talk as an artist models in clay.
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