sleep rough
Bed under stars
Sleep rough means to sleep outdoors without shelter, typically because one is homeless.
The phrase is primarily British: He slept rough for three months before finding a hostel.
Someone who sleeps rough is a rough sleeper.
- park benchOutdoor communal seat
- street cornerWhere two roads intersect
- alleywayNarrow urban passage
- dossSleep rough, British
- underpassRoad passing below another
shelter · social services · affordable housing · unhoused · hypothermia · squatter · cardboard · doorway · frostbite · tent · eviction · trauma · respiratory illness · homeless shelter · cold snap · transient · anxiety · poverty line