adj.
Characterized by roughness and disregard for order or rules: rough-and-tumble politics.
n.
A condition marked by rough disorderly struggle; infighting: the rough-and-tumble of national politics.
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rough-and-tumble
American Heritage Dictionary:
rough-and-tum·ble |
adj.
Characterized by roughness and disregard for order or rules: rough-and-tumble politics.
n.
A condition marked by rough disorderly struggle; infighting: the rough-and-tumble of national politics.
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rough-and-tumble |
adjective
- Marked by vigorous physical exertion: knockabout, rough, rugged, strenuous, tough. See action/inaction.
American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms:
rough and tumble |
Disorderly scuffling or infighting, as in She had some reservations about entering the rough and tumble of local politics. This expression originated in the late 1700s in boxing, where it referred to a fight without rules.
[Mid-1800s]
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