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roll with the punches

roll with the punches is the alternative form of ride with the punches.

Meaning of ride with the punches

Verb

ride with the punches (third-person singular simple present rides with the punches, present participle riding with the punches, simple past rode with the punches, past participle ridden with the punches)

  1. (intransitive) To deflect the force of an opponent's punches by moving the body quickly.
  2. (broadly, figuratively, intransitive) To cope with adversity by being flexible in attitude.

Forms of roll with the punches

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

Questions about roll with the punches

What is roll with the punches the alternative form of?
Roll with the punches is the alternative form of ride with the punches.

Words near roll with the punches in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: roll with the punches (page history and authors); ride with the punches (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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