roll in

Meanings

verbroll in (third-person singular simple present rolls in, present participle rolling in, simple past and past participle rolled in)

present singular third person rolls in · participle present rolling in · participle past rolled in · past rolled in

intransitiveTo arrive casually at a place.
He rolled in five minutes late, without even saying sorry.
Antonyms: head out, roll out
intransitiveTo come in an unstoppable flow.
The tide rolls in.
2 more examples
The money keeps on rolling in.
The clouds rolled in and it soon began to rain.
transitiveball gamesTo pot with minimal force.
He rolled the red in dead weight, and now he's nicely on the blue.
intransitiveTo come in (to a station, yard). (e.g. of a train)
As the 1857 to Manchester Piccadilly rolls in, I scan the windows and realise there are plenty of spare seats, so I hop aboard. The train is a '221'+'220' combo to allow for social distancing - a luxury on an XC train as normally you're playing sardines, so I make the most of it.
2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 68

verbTo arrive casually at a place.

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