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rolling in

rolling in is the present participle and gerund of roll in.

Meaning of roll in

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To arrive casually at a place.
    • He rolled in five minutes late, without even saying sorry.
    Antonyms:
    head out, roll out
  2. (intransitive) To come in an unstoppable flow.
    • The money keeps on rolling in.
  3. (transitive) To pot with minimal force.
    • He rolled the red in dead weight, and now he's nicely on the blue.
  4. (intransitive) To come in (to a station, yard). (e.g. of a train)
    • As the 1857 to Manchester Piccadilly rolls in, I scan the windows and realise there are plenty of spare seats, so I hop aboard. The train is a '221'+'220' combo to allow for social distancing - a luxury on an XC train as normally you're playing sardines, so I make the most of it.2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 68

Questions about rolling in

What is rolling in the present participle and gerund of?
Rolling in is the present participle and gerund of roll in.

Words near rolling in in the dictionary

  1. Rolling Fork
  2. Rolling Hills
  3. Rolling Hills Estates
  4. rolling hitch
  5. rolling hitches
  6. rolling in
  7. rolling in clover
  8. rolling in dough
  9. rolling in it
  10. rolling in one's grave
  11. rolling in the aisle

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