cut up rough

verb

To become angry; to make a fuss.

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cut up nasty
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Meanings

verbcut up rough (third-person singular simple present cuts up rough, present participle cutting up rough, simple past and past participle cut up rough)

present singular third person cuts up rough · participle present cutting up rough

  1. colloquialidiomaticTo become angry; to make a fuss.

    As anticipated, however, the Parlement cut up rough over a new stamp duty on public and printed documents […]

    2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 385
    1 more example

    Third, while there is no immediate risk of Greece being kicked out of the club, such a threat could materialise if German taxpayers were to cut up rough and exert real political pressure on Angela Merkel's government.

    2011 June 21, Larry Elliott, The Guardian

    Synonyms: cut up nasty

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo become angry; to make a fuss.

Similar
cut up nasty
Also see
blow a fusecut up nastygo postalgo snakelose one's temper
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