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roll sth back
[ M ]
to reduce the cost or price of something
• The furniture dealer is rolling back the prices on all beds for this week only., roll (sth) out
[ M ]
to make a new product, service or system available for the first time
• The government plans to roll out a series of tax cuts over the next few years., roll up
informal
to arrive at a particular place or event, usually late
• They rolled up at the party two hours late and rather drunk., roll sth up
[ M ]
to fold something around itself to make the shape of a ball, or to fold cloth around itself to make a piece of clothing shorter
• Could you roll up that string for me?
• I rolled up my sleeves and began to wash the dishes., roll in
informal
to arrive in great numbers or amounts
• Once our business gets started, the money will be rolling in.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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noun bread ADJ. bread | crusty, soft | brown, white, wholemeal | buttered, filled | ham, cheese, etc. list of names ADJ. falling Falling rolls could lead to smaller class sizes. ADJ. electoral, membership, school VERB + ROLL strike sb off, remove sb from He should be struck off the roll of solicitors. | call, take The chairman called the roll (= to see if everyone was present). ROLL + NOUN call Staff evacuated the building and a roll call was taken outside. PREP. on (the) ~ The local authority has 50,000 pupils on roll. There are 340 children on the school roll. PHRASES a roll of honour Her name was engraved on sport's roll of honour., verb move by turning over ADV. slowly | around, away, back, forward, over rolling over and over in the mud PREP. down A tear rolled slowly down her cheek. | off make sth into the shape of a ball/tube ADV. tightly She carried the magazine tightly rolled up in her hand. | up PREP. into He rolled the paper into a tight ball. of a ship/plane ADV. heavily | to and fro The ship was rolling heavily to and fro.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary