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rolling in wealth

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

Meaning of roll in wealth

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To be very rich.
    • "Why, indeed! Don't be a fool! You know if he marries her she'll roll in wealth," said Korabléva.1900, Leo Tolstoy, “Nekhlúdoff’s Third Interview with Máslova in Prison”, in Louise Maude, transl., Resurrection: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, →OCLC, book I, page 226

Questions about rolling in wealth

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

Words near rolling in wealth in the dictionary

  1. rolling in dough
  2. rolling in it
  3. rolling in one's grave
  4. rolling in the aisle
  5. rolling in the aisles
  6. rolling in wealth
  7. rolling introduction
  8. rolling introductions
  9. rolling mill
  10. rolling mills
  11. rolling news

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