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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.

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It will dwindle and dwindle as the months roll on, and there is no replenishing the fuel. Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow by Jerome, Jerome K. View in context 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: Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context 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. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Dickens, Charles View in context			rock rock around rock bottom rock the boat rock to rock to its foundations rocker rocket rocket into rocket to rocky road rod Roger roll roll about roll along roll around roll away roll back roll back the clock roll by roll down roll in roll off roll off the tongue roll on roll onto roll out roll out the red carpet roll over roll over and play dead roll over in grave roll prices back roll sleeves up roll to roll up roll up in roll up sleeves roll with it roll with the punches rolled into one roller rolling in rolling in the aisles rolling stone gathers no moss rome Rome was not built in a day Rome wasn't built in a day romp romp around romp on			roll in the hay roll in the hay roll in the hay Roll in/roll out Roll in/roll out roll insulation Roll into One roll joint Roll latten Roll Left Roll Load Cylinder Control Roll Machining Technologies & Solutions Roll mill Roll mill roll molding Roll My Own Roll of arms Roll of Distinguished Philatelists roll of honor roll of honor roll of honor roll of honor roll of honor Roll of Honour Roll of the dice Roll of the dice roll of tobacco roll off roll off roll off the tongue roll on Roll on Floor Laughing My Arse Off Until I Died Roll on Floor Laughing, Can't Operate Properly Till Eyes Refocus Roll on friday Roll on My Final Tot Roll On My First Twelve Roll on My Flipping Time Roll on Pilfer Proof Roll On, Roll Off Roll on-roll off Roll on-roll off Roll On/Roll Off Roll On/Roll Off roll onto Roll order Roll Orders roll out roll out roll out roll out roll out roll out roll out the red carpet roll out the red carpet Roll Out! Roll Out! roll over roll over roll over roll over roll over

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