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rolls one's own

rolls one's own is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 rolls one's own

What is rolls one's own the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Rolls one's own is the third-person singular simple present indicative of roll one's own.

Words near rolls one's own in the dictionary

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

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