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rolls off the tongue

rolls off the tongue is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 rolls off the tongue

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

Words near rolls off the tongue in the dictionary

  1. rolls in wealth
  2. rolls of arms
  3. rolls of snow
  4. rolls of the dice
  5. rolls off
  6. rolls off the tongue
  7. rolls on
  8. rolls one's eyes
  9. rolls one's own
  10. rolls one's r's
  11. rolls out

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