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roll off one's tongue

roll off 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 off one's tongue

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

Questions about roll off one's tongue

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

Words near roll off one's tongue in the dictionary

  1. roll of arms
  2. roll of honour
  3. roll of snow
  4. roll of the dice
  5. roll off
  6. roll off one's tongue
  7. roll off the tongue
  8. roll on
  9. roll one's eyes
  10. roll one's own
  11. roll one's r's

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