Antonyms for rough-and-tumblerough-and-tum·ble

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1. hassle, scuffle, tussle, dogfight, rough-and-tumbleadjective

   disorderly fighting

   Antonyms:
   orderly

   Synonyms:
   scramble, dogfight, fuss, trouble, scuffle hoe, hassle, bother, scuffle, tussle

2. rough-and-tumble, bare-knuckle, bare-knuckledadjective

   characterized by disorderly action and disregard for rules

   "a rough-and-tumble fight"; "rough-and-tumble politics"; "undisguised bare-knuckle capitalism"

   Antonyms:
   orderly

   Synonyms:
   bare-knuckle, bare-knuckled

How to use rough-and-tumble in a sentence?

1. Defence Secretary Michael Fallon:

   In the rough and tumble of elections, you get stuff said, questions asked, i think it is right that candidates for some of the most important offices in Britain do get scrutinised about their past associations.

2. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen:

   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.

3. Tom Bernard:

   He was a great manager, but it was a rough and tumble environment and he liked to throw a piece of meat in a cage and see who got it.

4. Donna Orender:

   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,'.

5. Mark Schickman:

   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.

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