rough-and-ready
[adjective]
Synonyms: makeshift, crude, improvised, provisional, sketchy, stopgap, unpolished, unrefined

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rough and ready
produced quickly, with little preparation

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rough and ready
simple but good enough:
rough and ready accommodation

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rough and ready
1.
if you do something in a rough and ready way, you do it quickly and without preparing it carefully.
I've done a rough and ready translation of the instructions. I hope it's clear enough.

2.
not very polite or well educated.
Just a warning about the men who work for him, they're a bit rough and ready.

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rough-and-ready
to be rough or crude but to be ready for something
The boat was rough-and-ready so we decided to take it for a ride.

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rough and ready
adj.
1. Not finished in detail; not perfected; rough but ready for use now.
We asked Mr. Brown how long it would take to drive to Chicago and his rough-and-ready answer was two days.
2. Not having nice manners but full of energy and ability.
Jim is a rough-and-ready character; he'd rather fight than talk things over.

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