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Phrase(s): roll something down
1. to move something down, making it rotate like a wheel or a ball, or moving it on wheels. • Don’t carry the ball down; roll it down! • I rolled down the ball as you asked. 2. to crank down something, such as a car window. • Please roll the window down and get some air in this car. • Please roll down the car window., Phrase(s): roll down
to move downward, rotating, as a wheel or a ball, or to move downward on wheels. • I pushed the wagon up the driveway, and it rolled down again. • Don’t place the cart at the top of the hill. It will roll down., Phrase(s): roll something down something
to cause something to move down along something, rotating it like a wheel or a ball. • Claire rolled the bowling ball down the alley for a strike. • Roll the barrel down the ramp carefully. It is heavy., Phrase(s): roll down something
to move downward, along something, rotating, as a wheel or a ball, or moving downward on wheels. • The ball rolled down the hall to the end. • The cart went rolling down the hill all by itself.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs