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  1. rough and tumbleverb

    engage in rough-and-tumble activity

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of rough and tumble in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of rough and tumble in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of rough and tumble in a Sentence

  1. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen:

    It seems a little more antagonistic, so that part has changed a little bit, but it's not like this was' Leave it to Beaver,'' Mayberry R.F.D.,'' The Donna Reed Show,' it was never a Pollyanna, Mary Poppins place. It was always rough and tumble politics.

  2. Mark Schickman:

    She's really claiming that she can be in the rough and tumble at the highest level, so she can't break down too easily.

  3. Mark Schickman:

    She's really claiming that she can be in the rough and tumble at the highest level, so she can’t break down too easily.

  4. Donald Trump:

    The Kentuky( sic) Derby decision was not a good one, it was a rough and tumble race on a wet and sloppy track, actually, a beautiful thing to watch. Only in these days of political correctness could such an overturn occur. The best horse did NOT win the Kentucky Derby - not even close !

  5. Donna Orender:

    I think that what we wanted was to give the girls the chance to get a step up on us, that they would be able to have insights and learnings and connections that we didn't have at their age that would enable them to navigate a world that is pretty rough and tumble and tricky but full of positives and possibles, we don't want them to have to say' I wish I would have known,'.


Translations for rough and tumble

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  • கரடுமுரடான மற்றும் டம்பிள்Tamil
  • కఠినమైన మరియు దొర్లేTelugu

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