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roll with it

roll with it verb: to deal with or accept unexpected changes or setbacks and cope with them.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, slang) To deal with or accept unexpected changes or setbacks and cope with them.
    • The United States, it has been said, is the fat boy in the canoe, and when it rolls, everyone else rolls with it.1995, Commission on Global Governance (editor), Issues in Global Governance:Papers Written for the Commission on Global Governance, page 241
    • You've gotta roll with it,
      You gotta take your time,
      You gotta say what you say,
      Don't let anybody get in your way.1995, Oasis, “Roll With It”, in (What's the Story) Morning Glory?

Examples of roll with it in a sentence

  • Why can't we roll with it; see where time and tide take us?2000, Kamila Shamsie, Salt and Saffron:
  • But the entire planet isn't in its right mind since May day so for pity's sake let's just roll with it.2005, Chris Cleave, Incendiary, A Novel, page 164:

Forms of roll with it

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

Questions about roll with it

What does roll with it mean?
Roll with it means to deal with or accept unexpected changes or setbacks and cope with them.
How do you use roll with it in a sentence?
Why can't we roll with it; see where time and tide take us?
What part of speech is roll with it?
Roll with it is a verb.
What is the past tense of roll with it?
The past tense of roll with it is rolled with it.

Words near roll with it in the dictionary

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

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