rough it

Idioms and Phrases

Do without the usual comforts and conveniences, as in We spent our vacation roughing it in a log cabin . This idiom was first recorded in 1768. Mark Twain used it as the title of an account of his experiences in Nevada ( Roughing It , 1872).

Example Sentences

Rough-it, to put up with chance entertainment, to take pot-luck and what accommodation turns up, without sighing for better.

From Project Gutenberg

Mr. Blake expressly writes that his wife wishes to rough-it.

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