roughride

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verb

To ride out; to weather (a difficult situation).

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Meanings

verbroughride (third-person singular simple present roughrides, present participle roughriding, simple past roughrode, past participle roughridden)

present singular third person roughrides · participle present roughriding · past roughrode · participle past roughridden

  1. transitiveTo ride out; to weather (a difficult situation).

    Pondering his next move, he decided […] to keep to the masculine and direct, […] to roughride the feminine guile of his opponent, but genially and while seeming to accept as natural and genuine the facet of herself which she was about to present to him.

    2016, Kate O'Brien, The Last Of Summer
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APA

roughride. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roughride

MLA

“roughride.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roughride. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “roughride,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roughride.

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