Synonyms

rough out

British

verb

See rough
engineering to machine (a workpiece, such as a casting or forging) with heavy cuts leaving a rough surface to be finished

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rough out Idioms

Also, rough in. Prepare or indicate in unfinished form, as in He roughed out several plans for a merger, or They roughed in where the doors would go without checking with the architect. [Second half of 1700s]

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