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run from the tongue

run from the tongue is the alternative form 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

Forms of run from the tongue

third-person singular presentruns from the tongue
present participlerunning from the tongue
pastran from the tongue
past participlerun from the tongue

Questions about run from the tongue

What is run from the tongue the alternative form of?
Run from the tongue is the alternative form of roll off the tongue.

Words near run from the tongue in the dictionary

  1. run for one's money
  2. run for the exercise
  3. run for the hills
  4. run for the money
  5. run for the roses
  6. run from the tongue
  7. run game
  8. run game on
  9. run games
  10. run hands
  11. run high

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