roll over

/ˌɹəʊl ˈəʊvə(ɹ)/

verb

To make a rolling motion or turn.

“The mob rolled the car over.”

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Meanings

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

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

  1. intransitiveTo make a rolling motion or turn.

    The car rolled completely over.

    1 more example

    That night, and for many nights after, the Velveteen Rabbit slept in the Boy’s bed. At first he found it rather uncomfortable, for the Boy hugged him very tight, and sometimes he rolled over on him, and sometimes he pushed him so far under the pillow that the Rabbit could scarcely breathe.

    1921 June, Margery Williams, “The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real”, in Harper’s Bazar, volume LVI, number 6 (2504 overall), New York, N.Y.: International Magazine Company, →ISSN, →OCLC
  2. transitiveTo cause a rolling motion or turn.

    The mob rolled the car over.

  3. intransitivetransitiveusuallywith toTo give in to.

    I'm not going to roll over this time.

    2 more examples

    He doesn't meekly roll over to all her demands.

    Six days ago, Russia's Vladimir Putin sought to shake the very foundations of the free world, thinking he could make it bend to his menacing ways. But he badly miscalculated. He thought he could roll into Ukraine and the world would roll over. Instead, he met with a wall of strength he never anticipated or imagined. He met the Ukrainian people.

    2022 March 1, Joe Biden, State of the Union Address
  4. transitiveTo easily overwhelm; to steamroller; to brush aside.
    1 more example

    Thus, the bombardment mission was still possible to accomplish, since, on the U.S. Navy's side, both admirals were dead and only Helena and Fletcher stood any chance in further combat. Abe's remaining forces should've been able to roll straight over them, destroy Henderson Field, and the troop landings would be completed without any further interference.

    2021 March 10, Drachinifel, 23:45 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - The Big Night Battle: Night 1 (IJN 3(?) : 2 USN), archived from the original on 07 Nov 2022
  5. To reinvest funds from a maturing financial security in the same or similar investment.
  6. gamblingTo reinvest funds from a lottery into a subsequent one, in the event that a prize was not won.
  7. transitivecomputingTo move the cursor over.

    In this task, you'll revisit the button symbol so that it reacts when the user rolls over it.

    2004, Shaowen Bardzell, Jeffrey Bardzell, Macromedia Studio MX 2004
  8. intransitiveTo increment, especially back to an initial value.

    […] to check if the system time has rolled over to the next second.

    2001, Mark Lutz, Programming Python: Object-Oriented Scripting
    1 more example

    The dashboard clock rolled over to midnight, and a song lyric popped into my head: lonely midnight drivers, drifting out to sea.

    2005, Michael Koryta, Tonight I Said Goodbye

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
roll forward

Translations

Dutch overkop gaan
  • overkop gaanto make a rolling motion or turn
Finnish pyörähtää, pyöräyttää
  • pyörähtääto make a rolling motion or turn
  • pyöräyttääto cause a rolling motion or turn
  • myöntyäto give in to
  • vierittääto move the cursor over
  • pyörähtääto increment, especially back to initial value
  • pyöräyttääto reinvest
Māori owhaowha, porepore
  • owhaowhato make a rolling motion or turn
  • poreporeto make a rolling motion or turn
  • takaoriorito make a rolling motion or turn
  • takaporeporeto make a rolling motion or turn
  • takahurihurito make a rolling motion or turn
  • tūwhitito cause a rolling motion or turn
Polish przewracać się z boku na bok, przewrócić się z boku na bok
  • przewracać się z boku na bokto make a rolling motion or turn
  • przewrócić się z boku na bokto make a rolling motion or turn
  • przewracaćto cause a rolling motion or turn
  • przewrócićto cause a rolling motion or turn
  • poddawać sięto give in to
  • poddać sięto give in to
  • miażdżyćto easily overwhelm, to steamroller, to brush aside
  • zmiażdżyćto easily overwhelm, to steamroller, to brush aside
  • rozjeżdżaćto easily overwhelm, to steamroller, to brush aside
  • rozjechaćto easily overwhelm, to steamroller, to brush aside
  • rozgramiaćto easily overwhelm, to steamroller, to brush aside
  • rozgromićto easily overwhelm, to steamroller, to brush aside
Russian перевора́чиваться, перека́тываться
  • перевора́чиваться (perevoráčivatʹsja)to make a rolling motion or turn
  • перека́тываться (perekátyvatʹsja)to make a rolling motion or turn
  • перева́ливаться (pereválivatʹsja)to make a rolling motion or turn
  • опроки́дываться (oprokídyvatʹsja)to make a rolling motion or turn
  • повора́чиваться (povoráčivatʹsja)to make a rolling motion or turn
  • воро́чаться (voróčatʹsja)to make a rolling motion or turn
  • перевора́чивать (perevoráčivatʹ)to cause a rolling motion or turn
  • перека́тывать (perekátyvatʹ)to cause a rolling motion or turn
  • перева́ливать (pereválivatʹ)to cause a rolling motion or turn
  • опроки́дывать (oprokídyvatʹ)to cause a rolling motion or turn
  • повора́чивать (povoráčivatʹ)to cause a rolling motion or turn
  • поддава́ться (poddavátʹsja)to give in to
Spanish volcar, darse la vuelta
  • volcarto make a rolling motion or turn
  • darse la vueltato make a rolling motion or turn
  • cederto give in to
  • sucumbir.to give in to
Tamil புரள், புரட்டு
  • புரள் (puraḷ)to make a rolling motion or turn
  • புரட்டு (puraṭṭu)to cause a rolling motion or turn
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APA

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Chicago

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