roll over

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roll over

  • /ˌɹəʊl ˈəʊvə(ɹ)/

verb rolls over · rolling over · rolled over

  1. intransitive To make a rolling motion or turn. The car rolled completely over.
  2. transitive To cause a rolling motion or turn. The mob rolled the car over.
  3. intransitive, transitive, usually, with to To give in to. He doesn't meekly roll over to all her demands.
  4. transitive To easily overwhelm; to steamroller; to brush aside. Thus, the bombardment mission was still possible to accomplish, since, on the U.S. Navy's side, both admirals were dead and only Helena and Fletcher stood any chance in further combat. Abe's remaining forces should've been able to roll straight over them, destroy Henderson Field, and the troop landi
  5. To reinvest funds from a maturing financial security in the same or similar investment.
  6. To reinvest funds from a lottery into a subsequent one, in the event that a prize was not won.
  7. transitive To move the cursor over. In this task, you'll revisit the button symbol so that it reacts when the user rolls over it.
  8. intransitive To increment, especially back to an initial value. […] to check if the system time has rolled over to the next second.

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verb to reinvest

Русскийреинвести́ровать reinvestírovatʹ, переофо́рмить pereofórmitʹ

verb to make a rolling motion or turn

Españolvolcar, darse la vuelta
Русскийперевора́чиваться perevoráčivatʹsja, перека́тываться perekátyvatʹsja, перева́ливаться pereválivatʹsja, опроки́дываться oprokídyvatʹsja, повора́чиваться povoráčivatʹsja, воро́чаться voróčatʹsja

verb to cause a rolling motion or turn

Русскийперевора́чивать perevoráčivatʹ, перека́тывать perekátyvatʹ, перева́ливать pereválivatʹ, опроки́дывать oprokídyvatʹ, повора́чивать povoráčivatʹ

verb to give in to

Españolceder, sucumbir.
Русскийподдава́ться poddavátʹsja, сдава́ться sdavátʹsja, уступа́ть ustupátʹ, покоря́ться pokorjátʹsja, смиря́ться smirjátʹsja, пасова́ть pasovátʹ

verb to easily overwhelm, to steamroller, to brush aside

Русскийразгроми́ть razgromítʹ, сокруши́ть sokrušítʹ, разби́ть razbítʹ, раздави́ть razdavítʹ, смести́ smestí, разнести́ raznestí

verb to move the cursor over

Русскийнавести́ navestí

verb to increment, especially back to initial value

Русскийперескочи́ть pereskočítʹ, перейти́ perejtí, перемести́ться peremestítʹsja, откати́ться otkatítʹsja

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@misc{roll_over_2026,
  title = {roll over},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/roll%20over},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}