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rolls in

rolls in is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 rolls in

What is rolls in the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Rolls in is the third-person singular simple present indicative of roll in.

Words near rolls in in the dictionary

  1. rolls back
  2. rolls back the years
  3. rolls coal
  4. rolls deep
  5. rolls down
  6. rolls in
  7. rolls in dough
  8. rolls in one's grave
  9. rolls in the aisles
  10. rolls in the hay
  11. rolls in wealth

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