rough ride
collocation in Englishmeaningsofroughandride
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rough
adjective
uk/rʌf/us/rʌf/
not even or smooth, often because of being in ...
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ride
noun[C]
uk/raɪd/us/raɪd/
a journey on a horse or bicycle, or in ...
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(Definition ofroughandridefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This will mean aroughridefor the simplification of consumer rights legislation.
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It seemed to me that he had a prettyroughride.
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That is desperately needed because tourism has had aroughridesince 1979.
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In both cases we missed the good years and came in only for theroughride.
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It is the small man who has to liquidate quickly who gets aroughride.
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The judiciary is having rather aroughridein our deliberations today.
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I have a feeling that education in economic terms is going to have aroughrideover the next few years.
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That is when they have a bit of aroughride.
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We are going to have aroughridein any case.
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We have given the contractor a fairlyroughrideso far.
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Their political opponents will be in for aroughridein the months ahead.
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As a nation, we have had aroughridesince the end of our military victories in 1945.
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I am bound to say that my experience of political life is such that the peacemakers usually have rather aroughride.
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If so, they are in for aroughride.
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My estimate is that she will have aroughride.
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It received a veryroughridein the other place, and quite rightly so.
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He was also kind, and generous, considering theroughridethat he apparently was given some years before in a previous incarnation.
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Some carers have an extremelyroughride, not to put too fine a point on it, in looking after people.
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I absolutely agree with him that dogs have had aroughridein recent times.
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The coal mining industry has had a fairlyroughride.
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