ROLL IN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does roll in mean? 

• ROLL IN (verb)
  The verb ROLL IN has 1 sense:

1. pour or flow in a steady stream

  Familiarity information: ROLL IN used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROLL IN (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pour or flow in a steady stream

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

tourists rolled in from the neighboring countryside

Hypernyms (to "roll in" is one way to...):

appear (come into sight or view)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

 Context examples 

I am daze, I am dazzle, with so much light, and yet clouds roll in behind the light every time.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Solar eclipses are new moons on steroids, and this one could change your future path and keep seeing money roll in.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

We'll have favourable winds, a quick passage, and not the least difficulty in finding the spot, and money to eat, to roll in, to play duck and drake with ever after.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

This served to form a large roll in Cherokee's mouth, the fur of which well-nigh defied his teeth.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

“I beg your pardon, Mr. Traddles,” said Mr. Micawber, with the old roll in his voice, as he checked himself in humming a soft tune.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

This, said the stranger, with a certain condescending roll in his voice, and a certain indescribable air of doing something genteel, which impressed me very much, is Master Copperfield.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Your new friends will be successful (for Pluto and Jupiter are in your eleventh house), and thanks to the hard work you did in your career in 2019, you are now seeing good profits roll in, too.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

It was Mr. Micawber, with his eye-glass, and his walking-stick, and his shirt-collar, and his genteel air, and the condescending roll in his voice, all complete!

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I am not referring to casual dating or a roll in the hay, but rather real and heartfelt love, the kind of love you will want to treasure, nurture, and build your life upon.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

I was taking my coffee and roll in the morning, before going to the Commons—and I may observe in this place that it is surprising how much coffee Mrs. Crupp used, and how weak it was, considering—when Steerforth himself walked in, to my unbounded joy.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)