- roll on Brit.
- roll on Brit.informalused to indicate that one wants a time or event to come quickly.→ roll
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roll on — May (a specified event) come quickly • • • Main Entry: ↑roll * * * roll on british spoken phrase used for saying that you wish something would happen soon Roll on the summer holidays! Thesaurus: expressions of hope … Useful english dictionary
roll — verb 1》 move by turning over and over on an axis: the car rolled down into a ditch. ↘turn over to face a different direction. ↘(of a moving ship, aircraft, or vehicle) sway on an axis parallel to the direction of motion. ↘N. Amer.… … English new terms dictionary
roll·up — /ˈroʊlˌʌp/ noun, pl ups [count] : something that is rolled into the shape of a tube: such as a US : a food that is rolled up for cooking or serving b usually roll up Brit … Useful english dictionary
roll-neck — roll necks 1) ADJ: ADJ n A roll neck sweater or a roll necked sweater is a sweater with a high neck than can be rolled over. [mainly BRIT] 2) N COUNT A roll neck is a roll neck sweater. [mainly BRIT] … English dictionary
roll of honour — UK US noun [countable] [singular roll of honour plural ˌrolls of ˈhonour] british a list of people who have done something impressive Thesaurus: types of listhyponym to make a list, or to add … Useful english dictionary
roll-up — ► NOUN informal 1) Brit. a hand rolled cigarette. 2) Austral. a gathering of people … English terms dictionary
roll — [[t]ro͟ʊl[/t]] ♦♦ rolls, rolling, rolled 1) V ERG When something rolls or when you roll it, it moves along a surface, turning over many times. [V prep/adv] The ball rolled into the net... [V prep/adv] Their car went off the road and rolled over … English dictionary
roll up — verb 1. form into a cylinder by rolling (Freq. 1) Roll up the cloth • Syn: ↑furl • Hypernyms: ↑change shape, ↑change form, ↑deform • Hyponyms … Useful english dictionary
roll around — verb happen regularly Christmas rolled around again • Syn: ↑come around • Hypernyms: ↑happen, ↑hap, ↑go on, ↑pass off, ↑occur, ↑pass … Useful english dictionary
roll-on roll-off — ADJ: ADJ n A roll on roll off ship is designed so that cars and lorries can drive on at one end before the ship sails, and then drive off at the other end after the journey. [BRIT] ...roll on roll off ferries … English dictionary
