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roll from one's tongue

roll from one's tongue is the alternative form of roll off the tongue.

Meaning of roll off the tongue

Verb

roll off the tongue (third-person singular simple present rolls off the tongue, present participle rolling off the tongue, simple past and past participle rolled off the tongue)

  1. (idiomatic, usually, speech) To proceed into oral expression in a manner which is fluent, appealing, or glib.
    • "Coddling criminals"—the alliteration makes it roll pleasantly off the tongue!1914, Julian Hawthorne, chapter 5, in The Subterranean Brotherhood

Forms of roll from one's tongue

third-person singular presentrolls from one's tongue
present participlerolling from one's tongue
past participlerolled from one's tongue
pastrolled from one's tongue

Questions about roll from one's tongue

What is roll from one's tongue the alternative form of?
Roll from one's tongue is the alternative form of roll off the tongue.

Words near roll from one's tongue in the dictionary

  1. roll deep
  2. roll down
  3. roll drop
  4. roll drops
  5. roll forward
  6. roll from one's tongue
  7. roll from the tongue
  8. roll hoop
  9. roll hoops
  10. roll in
  11. roll in dough

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