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roll with

roll with verb: to handle and accept (something, especially an inconvenience or setback).

Verb (1)

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

  1. (informal, transitive) To handle and accept (something, especially an inconvenience or setback).
    • Near-synonym: deal with
    • We asked him to do his best to roll with all these changes as the company revamps its approach.
    Synonyms:
    deal with

Verb (2)

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

  1. (informal, transitive, especially African-American Vernacular) To spend time (with someone); to be someone's companion or part of a crew with someone or with a gang.
    • John has been rolling with Billy and Steve for years.
    • He rolls with the Crips.
    Synonyms:
    hang with, hang out with

Synonyms of roll with

Forms of roll with

third-person singular presentrolls with
present participlerolling with
past participlerolled with
pastrolled with

Origin of roll with

Involving the figurative notion extended from rolling with the punches (i.e., moving in accord with them to lessen the blow).

Involving the figurative notion of rolling as in traveling, rolling up, etc.

Questions about roll with

What does roll with mean?
Roll with means to handle and accept (something, especially an inconvenience or setback).
What part of speech is roll with?
Roll with is a verb.
What is the past tense of roll with?
The past tense of roll with is rolled with.

Words near roll with in the dictionary

  1. roll up
  2. roll up on
  3. roll up one's sleeves
  4. roll up the sidewalks
  5. roll ups
  6. roll with
  7. roll with it
  8. roll with the punches
  9. roll'd
  10. roll-call
  11. roll-called

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