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rough out

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rough something out
to make a rough sketch of something. I will rough it out and have one of the staff artists attend to the details. Jane roughed out a picture of the proposed building.
See also: out, rough

rough something out also rough out something
1. to make a first plan for an activity Tyler started to rough out a list of schools she might want to attend.
2. to create something in its approximate, but not finished, form We watched as a carver began to work on the block of stone, roughing the sculpture out.
See also: out, rough


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ITW makes various chucking jaws that have lots of wings on them, and for Briggs it would be nice to be able to rough out the geometry quickly.
 
 
 
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