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View synonyms for rough out
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
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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]Advertisement
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