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rolled one's eyes

rolled one's eyes is the simple past and past participle of roll one's eyes.

Meaning of roll one's eyes

Verb

roll one's eyes (third-person singular simple present rolls one's eyes, present participle rolling one's eyes, simple past and past participle rolled one's eyes)

  1. (idiomatic) To deliberately turn one's eyes upwards, usually to indicate disapproval, indifference or frustration.
    • […]when these three men looked at the porter, they saw that he was intoxicated; and, observing him narrowly, they thought that he was one of their own class, and said, He is a mendicant like ourselves, and will amuse us by his conversation:—but the porter, hearing what they said, arose, and rolled...1859, Edward William Lane, Edward Stanley Poole, The Thousand and One Nights
  2. (archaic, idiomatic) As definition 1, but indicating flirtation or desire.

Questions about rolled one's eyes

What is rolled one's eyes the simple past and past participle of?
Rolled one's eyes is the simple past and past participle of roll one's eyes.

Words near rolled one's eyes in the dictionary

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

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