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Synonyms for rough-and-tumble
rough-and-tum·ble
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Princeton's WordNet
hassle, scuffle, tussle, dogfight, rough-and-tumbleadjective
disorderly fighting
Synonyms:
scramble, dogfight, fuss, trouble, scuffle hoe, hassle, bother, scuffle, tussleAntonyms:
orderlyrough-and-tumble, bare-knuckle, bare-knuckledadjective
characterized by disorderly action and disregard for rules
"a rough-and-tumble fight"; "rough-and-tumble politics"; "undisguised bare-knuckle capitalism"
Synonyms:
bare-knuckle, bare-knuckledAntonyms:
orderly
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#3124 | trouble | |
#9936 | bother | |
#12207 | hassle | |
#20976 | fuss | |
#24832 | scramble | |
#77836 | tussle | |
#83098 | scuffle | |
#85772 | dogfight |
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She's really claiming that she can be in the rough and tumble at the highest level, so she can't break down too easily.
It seems a little more antagonistic, so that part has changed a little bit, but it's not like this was' Leave it to Beaver,'' Mayberry R.F.D.,'' The Donna Reed Show,' it was never a Pollyanna, Mary Poppins place. It was always rough and tumble politics.
He was a great manager, but it was a rough and tumble environment and he liked to throw a piece of meat in a cage and see who got it.
The Kentuky( sic) Derby decision was not a good one, it was a rough and tumble race on a wet and sloppy track, actually, a beautiful thing to watch. Only in these days of political correctness could such an overturn occur. The best horse did NOT win the Kentucky Derby - not even close !
I think that what we wanted was to give the girls the chance to get a step up on us, that they would be able to have insights and learnings and connections that we didn't have at their age that would enable them to navigate a world that is pretty rough and tumble and tricky but full of positives and possibles, we don't want them to have to say' I wish I would have known,'.
Translations for rough-and-tumble
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- потасо́вка, дра́ка, ку́ча мала́, сва́лкаRussian
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