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roll up on

roll up on verb: to sneak up to (someone or something) with the intention of causing harm.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, slang, African-American Vernacular) To sneak up to (someone or something) with the intention of causing harm.

Forms of roll up on

third-person singular presentrolls up on
present participlerolling up on
past participlerolled up on
pastrolled up on

Origin of roll up on

From roll up + on; semantically and morphologically parallel with roll up + to.

Questions about roll up on

What does roll up on mean?
Roll up on means to sneak up to (someone or something) with the intention of causing harm.
What part of speech is roll up on?
Roll up on is a verb.
What is the past tense of roll up on?
The past tense of roll up on is rolled up on.

Words near roll up on in the dictionary

  1. roll the pitch
  2. roll the tape
  3. roll the trucks
  4. roll tide
  5. roll up
  6. roll up on
  7. roll up one's sleeves
  8. roll up the sidewalks
  9. roll ups
  10. roll with
  11. roll with it

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