let's roll

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let's roll

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Has been used as early as 1908 in the cadence song now called "The Army Goes Rolling Along". Popularized significantly by the fact that they were the last words spoken by passenger Todd Beamer before he started a passenger revolt during the September 11 attacks.

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informal Let's go; used to suggest that a plan should be put into action.

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"let's roll." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/let's%20roll. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"let's roll." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/let's%20roll.

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@misc{let_s_roll_2026,
  title = {let's roll},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/let's%20roll},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}