From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsleep roughsleep roughBritish EnglishSLEEP to sleepoutside with nothing to protect you from the weather, especially because you have no home to live inthe number of people sleeping rough on the street →roughExamples from the Corpussleep rough• Others are left to wander or sleep rough.• She lostprecious belongings in her days of sleeping rough.• And he's often had to sleep rough.• Now it's in urgent need of blankets to lend to those forced to sleep rough.• Hundreds of homeless people have to sleep rough every night in London.• A chap who had slept rough for more than 20 years was invited to offerideas on how it should be run.• How long he'd been sleeping rough no one could tell.• As a result we have seen a sharpfall in the numbers who sleep rough on our streets.• Many people in neighbouringbuildings were also hurt as were a number of beggarssleeping rough on the pavement.• The number of teenagerssleeping rough on the streets is on the increase.• I was forced to sleep rough that night in a disusedwarehouse.sleep roughsleep roughBritish EnglishSLEEPHOME to sleep outdoors in uncomfortableconditions, especially because you have no money →sleepExamples from the Corpussleep rough• And he's often had to sleep rough.• Now it's in urgent need of blankets to lend to those forced to sleep rough.• Others are left to wander or sleep rough.• She lost precious belongings in her days of sleeping rough.• A chap who had slept rough for more than 20 years was invited to offer ideas on how it should be run.• How long he'd been sleeping rough no one could tell.• As a result we have seen a sharp fall in the numbers who sleep rough on our streets.• Many people in neighbouring buildings were also hurt as were a number of beggars sleeping rough on the pavement.