roll back

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [rohl bak]
- /roʊl bæk/
- /rəʊl bæk/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [rohl bak]
- /roʊl bæk/

Definitions of roll back words

verb without object roll back to move along a surface by revolving or turning over and over, as a ball or a wheel. 1
verb without object roll back to move or be moved on wheels, as a vehicle or its occupants. 1
verb without object roll back to flow or advance in a stream or with an undulating motion, as water, waves, or smoke. 1
verb without object roll back to extend in undulations, as land. 1
verb without object roll back to elapse, pass, or move, as time (often followed by on, away, or by). 1
verb without object roll back to move as in a cycle (usually followed by round or around): as soon as summer rolls round again. 1

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Origin of roll back

First appearance:

before 1175

One of the 8% oldest English words

1175-1225; (noun) (in senses referring to rolled or round objects) Middle English: scroll, inscribed scroll, register, cylindrical object < Old French ro(u)lle < Latin rotulus, rotula small wheel, diminutive of rota wheel (see rotate1, -ule); (in senses referring to motion) derivative of the v.; (v.) Middle English rollen < Old French rol(l)er < Vulgar Latin *rotulare, derivative of Latin rotulus, rotula

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Parts of speech for Roll back

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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roll back popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for roll back

verb roll back

bankrupted — Law. a person who upon his or her own petition or that of his or her creditors is adjudged insolvent by a court and whose property is administered for and divided among his or her creditors under a bankruptcy law.
bant — string
banted — to lose weight by practicing Bantingism.
banting — slimming by avoiding eating sugar, starch, and fat
bants — to lose weight by practicing Bantingism.

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