roll with it

present singular third person rolls with it · participle present rolling with it · participle past rolled with it · past rolled with it

1. idiomaticslangTo deal with or accept unexpected changes or setbacks and cope with them.

   Why can't we roll with it; see where time and tide take us?

   2000, Kamila Shamsie, Salt and Saffron

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   The United States, it has been said, is the fat boy in the canoe, and when it rolls, everyone else rolls with it.

   1995, Commission on Global Governance (editor), Issues in Global Governance:Papers Written for the Commission on Global Governance, page 241

   You've gotta roll with it, You gotta take your time, You gotta say what you say, Don't let anybody get in your way.

   1995, Oasis, “Roll With It”, in (What's the Story) Morning Glory?

   But the entire planet isn't in its right mind since May day so for pity's sake let's just roll with it.

   2005, Chris Cleave, Incendiary, A Novel, page 164

   My cousin, being a consummate professional, rolled with it and interviewed Jesse.

   2009, Larry Elder, What's Race Got to Do with It?, Why It's Time to Stop the Stupidest Argument in America, page 255

   Resistance can also be met by rolling with it instead of opposing it. There is a paradoxical element in this, which often will bring the client back to a balanced or opposite perspective.

   2017, Jill Ehrenreich-May, Sarah M. Kennedy, Jamie A. Sherman, Emily L. Bilek, Brian A. Buzzella, Shannon M. Bennett, David H. Barlow, Unified Protocols for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders in Children and Adolescents, Therapist Guide, page 26