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8 → see also toilet roll

9 VERB If you roll up something such as a car window or a blind, you cause it to move upwards by turning a handle. If you roll it down , you cause it to move downwards by turning a handle. □ [V n with adv] In mid-afternoon, shopkeepers began to roll down their shutters.

10 VERB If you roll your eyes or if your eyes roll , they move round and upwards. People sometimes roll their eyes when they are frightened, bored, or annoyed. [WRITTEN ] □ [V n] People may roll their eyes and talk about overprotective, interfering grandmothers. □ [V ] His eyes rolled and he sobbed.

11 N‑COUNT A roll is a small piece of bread that is round or long and is made to be eaten by one person. Rolls can be eaten plain, with butter, or with a filling. □  He spread butter on a roll.

12 N‑COUNT A roll of drums is a long, low, fairly loud sound made by drums. □ [+ of ] As the town clock struck two, they heard the roll of drums.

13 → see also drum roll

14 N‑COUNT A roll is an official list of people's names. □  …the electoral roll.

15 → see also rolling , rock and roll , sausage roll

16 PHRASE If someone is on a roll , they are having great success which seems likely to continue. [INFORMAL ] □  I made a name for myself and I was on a roll, I couldn't see anything going wrong.

17 PHRASE If you say roll on something, you mean that you would like it to come soon, because you are looking forward to it. [BRIT , INFORMAL , FEELINGS ] □  Roll on the day someone develops an effective vaccine against malaria.

18 PHRASE If something is several things rolled into one , it combines the main features or qualities of those things. □  This is our kitchen, sitting and dining room all rolled into one.

19 to start the ball rolling → see ball

20 heads will roll → see head

▸  roll back

1 PHRASAL VERB To roll back a change or the power of something means to gradually reduce it or end it. □ [V P n] The government taking advantage of the national mood to roll back environmental protection measures. [Also V n P ]

2 → see also rollback

3 PHRASAL VERB To roll back prices, taxes, or benefits means to reduce them. [mainly AM ] □ [V P n] One provision of the law was to roll back taxes to the 1975 level.

▸  roll in or roll into

1 PHRASAL VERB [usu cont] If something such as money is rolling in , it is appearing or being received in large quantities. [INFORMAL ] □ [V P ] Don't forget, I have always kept the money rolling in. [Also V P n]

2 PHRASAL VERB If someone rolls into a place or rolls in , they arrive in a casual way and often late. [mainly BRIT ] □ [V P ] 'I've made you late.'—'No that's all right. I can roll in when I feel like it.' □ [V P n] The brothers usually roll into their studio around midday.

▸  roll up

1 PHRASAL VERB If you roll up your sleeves or trouser legs, you fold the ends back several times, making them shorter. □ [V P n] The jacket was too big for him so he rolled up the cuffs. □ [V n P ] Walking in the surf, she had to roll her pants up to her knees.

2 → see also rolled-up

3 PHRASAL VERB If people roll up somewhere, they arrive there, especially in large numbers, to see something interesting. [INFORMAL ] □ [V P ] Roll up, roll up, come and join The Greatest Show on Earth. □ [V P prep/adv] The first reporters rolled up to the laboratory within minutes.

4 → see also roll 6 , rolled-up

roll|back /roʊ lbæk/ (rollbacks ) N‑COUNT A rollback is a reduction in price or some other change that makes something like it was before. [mainly AM ] □  Silber says the tax rollback would decimate basic services for the needy.

ro ll call (roll calls ) also roll-call

1 N‑VAR If you take a roll call , you check which of the members of a group are present by reading their names out. □  We had to stand in the snow every morning for roll call.

2 N‑SING A roll call of a particular type of people or things is a list of them. [JOURNALISM ] □ [+ of ] Her list of pupils read like a roll-call of the great and good.

ro lled-u p

1 ADJ [ADJ n] Rolled-up objects have been folded or wrapped into a cylindrical shape. □  …a rolled-up newspaper.

2 ADJ [ADJ n] Rolled-up sleeves or trouser legs have been made shorter by being folded over at the lower edge. □  …an open-necked shirt, with rolled-up sleeves.

roll|er /roʊ lə r / (rollers )

1 N‑COUNT A roller is a cylinder that turns round in a machine or device.

2 N‑COUNT Rollers are hollow tubes that women roll their hair round in order to make it curly.

Roll|er|blade /roʊ lə r ble I d/ (Rollerblades ) N‑COUNT [usu pl] Rollerblades are a type of roller skates with a single line of wheels along the bottom. [TRADEMARK ] ●  roll|er|blader (rollerbladers ) N‑COUNT □  …a dedicated rollerblader. ●  roll|er|blad|ing N‑UNCOUNT □  Rollerblading is great for all ages.

ro ller-coaster (roller-coasters ), rollercoaster

1 N‑COUNT A roller-coaster is a small railway at a fair that goes up and down steep slopes fast and that people ride on for pleasure or excitement. □  It's great to go on the rollercoaster five times and not be sick.