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roll up

[rohl-uhp] / ˈroʊlˌʌp /


VERB
furl
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“I had tried some Burgundies, but nothing had made my socks roll up and down until I bought this bottle,” says Meadows, who has written a newsletter for 26 years about the region’s wines.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

Roll up, roll up - it's time for BBC Sport's first end-of-season football awards.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

Anesthesia Partners to settle charges that the Dallas company had engaged in a decadelong scheme to illegally roll up businesses in the Texas market for anesthesia services.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

The Times found that a battalion chief ordered firefighters to roll up their hoses and leave the burn area despite complaints by crews that the ground was still smoldering.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026

She gives me a mug of tea and I watch her roll up his trouser legs and peel away the dirty bandages.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt




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