ROUGH AND READY


Meaning of ROUGH AND READY in English

also rough-and-ready

1.

A rough and ready solution or method is one that is rather simple and not very exact because it has been thought of or done in a hurry.

Here is a rough and ready measurement.

ADJ

2.

A rough and ready person is not very polite or gentle.

...rough and ready soldiers.

ADJ

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