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Phrase(s): roll something up
to coil or rotate something into a coil or roll of something. • I rolled the poster up and put it back in its mailing tube. • I have to roll up this paper., Phrase(s): roll something up (into something)
1. to include something into something that is being rotated into a coil. • I guess I accidentally rolled the letter up into the poster that was lying on my desk. • I rolled up the letter into the poster. 2. to make something into a round shape by rolling it. • He rolled the gum up into a ball and tossed it away. • Jane rolled up the dough into a ball.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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1. Accumulate, as in He rolled up a fortune in commodity trading, or She rolled up a huge number of votes in this district. [Mid-1800s] 2. Arrive in a vehicle, as in They rolled up in a taxi at exactly eight o'clock.
American Heritage Idioms