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roll tape

roll tape verb: to begin recording or playing back audio or video material.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To begin recording or playing back audio or video material.

Forms of roll tape

third-person singular presentrolls tape
present participlerolling tape
past participlerolled tape
pastrolled tape
alternative formroll the tape

Questions about roll tape

What does roll tape mean?
Roll tape means to begin recording or playing back audio or video material.
What part of speech is roll tape?
Roll tape is a verb.
What is the past tense of roll tape?
The past tense of roll tape is rolled tape.

Words near roll tape in the dictionary

  1. roll rates
  2. roll step
  3. roll stepped
  4. roll stepping
  5. roll steps
  6. roll tape
  7. roll the dice
  8. roll the pitch
  9. roll the tape
  10. roll the trucks
  11. roll tide

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