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roar on

roar on verb: to cheer loudly for.

Verb

roar on (third-person singular simple present roars on, present participle roaring on, simple past and past participle roared on)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To cheer loudly for.
    • With the game crying out for width, the home fans roared on winger Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain whenever he touched the ball, but he was unable to show why he is a £10m target for Liverpool and Arsenal.2011 January 29, Ian Hughes, “Southampton 1 - 2 Man Utd”, in BBC

Forms of roar on

third-person singular presentroars on
present participleroaring on
past participleroared on
pastroared on

Questions about roar on

What does roar on mean?
Roar on means to cheer loudly for.
What part of speech is roar on?
Roar on is a verb.
What is the past tense of roar on?
The past tense of roar on is roared on.

Words near roar on in the dictionary

  1. roar
  2. roar ahead
  3. roar away
  4. roar back
  5. roar off
  6. roar on
  7. roar out
  8. roared
  9. roared ahead
  10. roared away
  11. roared back

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