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rolling with it

rolling with it is the present participle of roll with it.

Meaning of roll with it

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, slang) To deal with or accept unexpected changes or setbacks and cope with them.
    • The United States, it has been said, is the fat boy in the canoe, and when it rolls, everyone else rolls with it.1995, Commission on Global Governance (editor), Issues in Global Governance:Papers Written for the Commission on Global Governance, page 241

Questions about rolling with it

What is rolling with it the present participle of?
Rolling with it is the present participle of roll with it.

Words near rolling with it in the dictionary

  1. rolling up
  2. rolling up on
  3. rolling up one's sleeves
  4. rolling up the sidewalks
  5. rolling with
  6. rolling with it
  7. rolling with the punches
  8. rolling-pin
  9. rolling-pins
  10. Rollinger
  11. rollingly

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