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roll from the tongue

roll from the 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 the tongue

third-person singular presentrolls from the tongue
present participlerolling from the tongue
past participlerolled from the tongue
pastrolled from the tongue

Questions about roll from the tongue

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

Words near roll from the tongue in the dictionary

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

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