Meanings
verbroughen up (third-person singular simple present roughens up, present participle roughening up, simple past and past participle roughened up)
present singular third person roughens up · participle present roughening up · participle past roughened up · past roughened up
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APA
roughen up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roughen%20up
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“roughen up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roughen%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “roughen up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roughen%20up.
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