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rolling one's own

rolling one's own is the present participle and gerund of roll one's own.

Meaning of roll one's own

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To create something of which an analogue is commercially available.
    • My custom wordprocessor? Yeah, I could have just installed Word or OpenOffice, but I always prefer to roll my own.

Questions about rolling one's own

What is rolling one's own the present participle and gerund of?
Rolling one's own is the present participle and gerund of roll one's own.

Words near rolling one's own in the dictionary

  1. rolling news
  2. rolling off
  3. rolling off the tongue
  4. rolling on
  5. rolling one's eyes
  6. rolling one's own
  7. rolling one's r's
  8. rolling out
  9. rolling out the red carpet
  10. rolling over
  11. rolling over in one's grave

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