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rolled off the tongue

rolled off the tongue is the simple past and past participle of roll off the tongue.

Meaning of roll off the tongue

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, usually, speech) To proceed into oral expression in a manner which is fluent, appealing, or glib.
    • "Coddling criminals"—the alliteration makes it roll pleasantly off the tongue!1914, Julian Hawthorne, chapter 5, in The Subterranean Brotherhood

Questions about rolled off the tongue

What is rolled off the tongue the simple past and past participle of?
Rolled off the tongue is the simple past and past participle of roll off the tongue.

Words near rolled off the tongue in the dictionary

  1. rolled in the aisles
  2. rolled in wealth
  3. rolled into one
  4. rolled oats
  5. rolled off
  6. rolled off the tongue
  7. rolled on
  8. rolled one's eyes
  9. rolled one's own
  10. rolled one's r's
  11. rolled out

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