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
Then should ensue the gloriousest shemozzle that ever was; but this scene is spoiled by some miserable perisher who says it ain't worth while making a rough house till they know who's won.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-04-14 by Various
He lived quite alone, except from Saturday morning till Sunday morning, when Ruth stayed with him and straightened up the rough house.
From Rídan The Devil And Other Stories 1899 by Becke, Louis
