roll up

verb

rolled up; rolling up; rolls up
Synonyms of roll upnext

transitive verb

: to increase or acquire by successive accumulations : accumulate
rolled up a large majority

intransitive verb

1
: to become larger by successive accumulations
2
: to arrive in a vehicle
celebrities rolling up in limousines

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Examples of roll up in a Sentence

ticket sales are expected to roll up as the date of the concert nears
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Wherever two fluids slide past each other at different speeds, the boundary between them buckles, then curls, then rolls up into vortexes. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026 Sugar confronts her at a ceremonial funeral for the unknown deceased, a fittingly dramatic setting for our guy to have the final word as FBI agents roll up on the assemblywoman. — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2026 Decades later, Norton rolled up her sleeve to help test if a new kind of vaccine might protect her and her own children from cancer. — ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026 Without it, every line-of-business leader will create a defensible framework for their own function, but none of those frameworks will be comparable or roll up across the enterprise. — Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for roll up

Word History

First Known Use

1822, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 2

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The first known use of roll up was in 1822

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Kids Definition

roll up

verb
: to build up by many additions one after the other
the winning candidate rolled up a large majority

Legal Definition

rollup

noun
roll·​up
ˈrōl-ˌəp
: limited partnership rollup transaction

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