roll with the punches

present singular third person rolls with the punches · participle present rolling with the punches · participle past rolled with the punches · past rolled with the punches

1. alternativeAlternative form of ride with the punches.

   You will not to get to control Elon, you have to roll with the punches and channel him.

   2023 September 30, Hannah Murphy, “The wildest job in Silicon Valley”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 17

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   When life tries to knock all the wind out of you / You've got to roll, roll, roll with the punches / If all life offers is black and blue / You've got to roll, roll, roll with the punches

   2011, Lenka, Ben H. Allen, “Roll with the Punches”, in Two, performed by Lenka

   Ariana DeBose is doing her “thing” and trying to roll with the punches after this weekend’s BAFTA Film Awards in London.

   2023 February 21, Dan Heching, “Ariana DeBose ‘honestly loves’ the BAFTA memes but not the Twitter trolling”, in CNN, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2023