Make initial version
Rough out means to create an initial, unfinished version of something—a sketch, draft, or preliminary form that will be refined later.
Artists rough out compositions before adding detail; writers rough out chapters before polishing prose: Let me rough out a plan and we can discuss it tomorrow.
The emphasis is on establishing basic shape or structure without concern for precision.
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Make initial version
Rough out means to create an initial, unfinished version of something—a sketch, draft, or preliminary form that will be refined later.
Artists rough out compositions before adding detail; writers rough out chapters before polishing prose: Let me rough out a plan and we can discuss it tomorrow.
The emphasis is on establishing basic shape or structure without concern for precision.
1. drafting — sketch, Hasty informal drawing; outline (Summary of key elements); indicate (Signal or point to); establish (Create formally, permanently); delineate · define · plan · conceptualize · formulate · approximate · suggest · gesture · propose · notate
2. sculpting — carve, Cut to shape; shape (External outline of something); hew (Cut with axe); chisel (Edged carving implement); model · form · mass · roughcast · fashion · mold · hollow · gouge · whittle · work
COMPLETION/REFINEMENTrough out ≠ finalize Settle decisively; polish · refine · perfect · finish · complete
PROCESS DIRECTIONrough out ≠ finalize Settle decisively; wrap up · demolish · conclude · dismantle · put to bed
improvise: improvise, make do, wing it, ad-lib, jury-rig; block out: cover, hide, mask, screen, shroud; surface work: smooth, polish, buff, sand, scrape
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