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rolling off the tongue

rolling off the tongue is the present participle and gerund 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 rolling off the tongue

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

Words near rolling off the tongue in the dictionary

  1. rolling introductions
  2. rolling mill
  3. rolling mills
  4. rolling news
  5. rolling off
  6. rolling off the tongue
  7. rolling on
  8. rolling one's eyes
  9. rolling one's own
  10. rolling one's r's
  11. rolling out

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