rough stuff

idiom

: behaving or playing in a rough way
All right kids—no rough stuff.

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And with the exception of Hawkins’ hit, there wasn’t a lot of rough stuff. Matt Barrows, The Athletic, 29 July 2024 There are musical surprises and delights that help mitigate the emotionally rough stuff. Chris Willman, Variety, 25 Oct. 2024 This is some of the same baloney that has quietly led to some of the on-court rough stuff. Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2024 Enlarge / Toyota will sell you a range of different Tacoma trims, many of which can handle some rough stuff. Kristin Shaw, Ars Technica, 18 Dec. 2023 Off-road excursions are also possible, as 8.6 inches of ground clearance is enough to get you into the rough stuff. Derek Powell, Car and Driver, 10 Aug. 2021 But the notion that Doncic needed oncourt protection didn’t surface until Dallas’ playoff series in the bubble against the Los Angeles Clippers, when agitator Marcus Morris repeatedly resorted to rough stuff to try to slow down and frazzle 21-year-old Doncic. Brad Townsend, Dallas News, 4 Dec. 2020 For that, consider the X-Pro variants of the nonhybrid model, which actually have some equipment to help tackle the rough stuff. Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 5 May 2023 There’s some rough stuff in here, perhaps needless to say. Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Mar. 2023

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“Rough stuff.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rough%20stuff. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.

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