roughhouse

roughhouse {n.}

Riotous play or commotion.

? told the boys they can play in the attic if there is no roughhouse.

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roughhouse

[roughhouse] {v.} To play very wildly; be running around as young boys usually do. * /"Stop roughhousing this minute," Grandma cried. "Your father will be home soon."/ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[play] See: [ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JACK A DULL BOY], [DOUBLE PLAY], [FAIR PLAY], [FORCE PLAY], [GAME AT WHICH TWO CAN PLAY], [MAKE A PLAY FOR], [TURN ABOUT […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[boys will be boys] Boys are only children and must sometimes get into mischief or trouble or behave too roughly. * /Boys will be boys and make a lot of […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[make a play for] {v. phr.}, {slang} To try to get the interest or liking of; flirt with; attract. * /Bob made a play for the pretty new girl./ * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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