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rough and tumbleverb
engage in rough-and-tumble activity
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of rough and tumble in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of rough and tumble in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of rough and tumble in a Sentence
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.
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.
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.
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 !
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,'.
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