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run off the tongue

run off 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 off the tongue

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

Questions about run off the tongue

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

Words near run off the tongue in the dictionary

  1. run of year
  2. run off
  3. run off at the mouth
  4. run off on
  5. run off one's mouth
  6. run off the tongue
  7. run off with
  8. run on
  9. run on empty
  10. run on fumes
  11. run on the bank

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