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Phrase(s): roll over
to turn over; to rotate one half turn. • The old man rolled over and started snoring again. • Please roll over and give me some more space in the bed., Phrase(s): roll something over
Fig. to renew a financial instrument as it expires. (See also roll over something.) • Do you plan to roll this certificate of deposit over? • Are you going to roll over your certificates of deposit?, Phrase(s): roll over something
[for something that rolls] to pass over something. (See also roll something over.) • The wheelbarrow rolled over the hose, making the water squirt off and on. • After all the traffic had rolled over Timmy’s ball, there was very little left to it., Phrase(s): roll someone or something over
to turn someone or something over. • Bobby rolled Billy over and began tickling him ruthlessly in the tummy. • Mary rolled the stone over, hoping to find a snake underneath.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs