rough road

collocation in English

meaningsofroughandroad

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rough
adjective
uk
/rʌf/us
/rʌf/
not even or smooth, often because of being in ...
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road
noun[C or U]
uk
/rəʊd/us
/roʊd/
a long, hard surface built for vehicles to ...
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(Definition ofroughandroadfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrough road

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And despite the possible affinity between the more heavily privatized structure of these nations' systems and market-based reforms, pro-competitive reform legislation has faced aroughroad.
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They are in many cases so pampered and so accustomed to the easy way that they will not take theroughroadof the pioneer.
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If he is genuinely keen on competition, let him take theroughroadand take on the oil companies.
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Three sections ofroughroadare there, and one is immediately conscious that one must take one's foot off the accelerator and look out.
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There is aroughroadahead.
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To the north, aroughroadprovides access to a number of ridge top balds that have great primitive campsites.
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Converting theroughroadinto a turnpike changed its character ending its isolation and connecting it with growing industrial towns.
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Drive straight on theroughroaduntil you reach a clearing going uphill to your left.
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The community was isolated for years by the huge mountains androughroadthat led over them.
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Reservations related to the gear change and the ride quality overroughroadsurfaces.
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Being high, it is above the inversion layer where most of the local effects are present and there was already aroughroadto the summit built by the military.
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On thisroughroadthrough hills and ravines, half of the army's horses died, one-quarter of the soldiers straggled, and all but six artillery pieces were left behind.
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Distances and rough roads were therefore not a decisive obstacle for school attendance.
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Some common examples include an automobile riding on aroughroad, wave height on the water or the load induced on an airplane wing during flight.
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It is not a question of taking the men over rough roads without any attention.
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He spoke about rough roads and potholes at the side of roads.
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They have to travel over very rough roads and their running costs are extremely high already.
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Those mails are delivered over about twenty miles of rough roads, and there are two over arms of the sea.
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The first thing he has had to do is to make rough roads and sewers.
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As such the car proved engineeringly unsound and trial runs on rough roads led to severe cracks in the bodywork.
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