on a roll

prepositional phrase

Having a streak of good luck or good progress or success.

“He was on a roll with the answers that day and didn't want to stop.”

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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. informalHaving a streak of good luck or good progress or success.

    He was on a roll with the answers that day and didn't want to stop.

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    You're on a roll and now you pray it lasts

    1983, Matthew Wilder, Greg Prestopino, “Break My Stride”, in I Don't Speak the Language

    With unemployment falling, incomes rising, inflation at bay and shoppers crowding into stores, the economy is entering 1984 on a roll.

    1984 January 2, Charles P. Alexander, “Cheers for a Banner Year”, in Time, retrieved 26 Aug 2015

    `You beauty I thought, I'm on a roll now so I grabbed her hand and escorted her to the floor.

    1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 85

    I'm on a roll, I'm on a roll this time / I feel my luck could change

    1997, “Lucky”, in OK Computer, performed by Radiohead

    After a sluggish start to the season, Torino are on a roll. The Granata began their nine-match unbeaten streak in Serie A on December 6.

    2015 February 9, Matthew Amalfitano, “Torino eyeing Europa League”, in Independent, UK, retrieved 26 Aug 2015

Synonyms & antonyms

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Translations

Finnish hyvässä vedossa
  • hyvässä vedossahaving a streak of good luck or good progress or success
French sur un coup (bon)
  • sur un coup (bon) (preceded by être)having a streak of good luck or good progress or success
Hungarian jól megy a sora, jól mennek a dolgai
  • jól megy a sorahaving a streak of good luck or good progress or success
  • jól mennek a dolgaihaving a streak of good luck or good progress or success
  • jó passzban vanhaving a streak of good luck or good progress or success
Polish na fali
  • na falihaving a streak of good luck or good progress or success
Russian в уда́ре
  • в уда́ре (v udáre)having a streak of good luck or good progress or success
Spanish sembrado
  • sembradohaving a streak of good luck or good progress or success
Cite this entry
APA

on a roll. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20a%20roll

MLA

“on a roll.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20a%20roll. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “on a roll,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20a%20roll.

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