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roll on 1. Lit. [for something] to continue rolling. The ball rolled on and on. The cart came rolling down the hill and rolled on for a few yards at the bottom. 2. Lit. [for something] to be applied by rolling. This kind of deodorant just rolls on. She rolled on too much paint and it dripped from the ceiling. 3. Fig. [for something, such as time] to move on slowly and evenly, as if rolling. The years rolled on, one by one. As the hours rolled on, I learned just how bored I could get without going to sleep. See also: roll How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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It will dwindle and dwindle as the months roll on, and there is no replenishing the fuel. This seemed to him to fit exactly the case in which he found himself, so, making a show of severe suffering, he began to roll on the ground and with feeble breath repeat the very words which the wounded knight of the wood is said to have uttered: I am reviled or threatened every day by one man or another,' said Ralph; 'but things roll on just the same, and I don't grow poorer either. |
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