rough-house
Example Sentences
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Right now we're dealing with how to let him be aggressive in certain ways, because he's going to have the boy thing, dare I say, where he wants to wrestle or fight or rough house.
From Salon • Jun. 20, 2019
The most interesting research shows, for example, that when boys rough house, they are not merely being aggressive but developing crucial social and negotiation skills.
From Slate • Dec. 13, 2012
About 200 of them turned up at Montevideo's Trocadero theater and made an unseemly rough house.
From Time Magazine Archive
There are some fellows I am not friendly with, and I am not hunting a rough house with a girl to look after.
From Gordon Craig Soldier of Fortune by Kimball, Alonzo
I'd got into the habit of turnin' him loose when I came home and indulgin' in a half hour's rough house play with him.
From Torchy As A Pa by Ford, Sewell
