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• roll-around
  roll-around

  adjective

  equipped with wheels or casters so as to be easily movable from one location to another.
• roll around
  roll around

  Return or recur, as in When income tax time rolls around, Peggy is too busy to play tennis. [Late 1600s]

roll-around

American  

[rohl-uh-round] / ˈroʊl əˌraʊnd /

adjective

1. equipped with wheels or casters so as to be easily movable from one location to another.

   a roll-around kitchen counter.

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roll around Idioms  

1. Return or recur, as in When income tax time rolls around, Peggy is too busy to play tennis. [Late 1600s]

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Etymology

Origin of roll-around

First recorded in 1970–75; adj. use of verb phrase roll around

Example Sentences

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And despite the light drizzle on Sunday, some children remained outside to sit and spin in roll-around chairs by British designer Thomas Heatherwick.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2019

He made just one shot in the third quarter and watched an easy layup roll around the rim and pop out.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2025

The clip opens with Page jokingly referencing the show: "Oh, you didn't think we'd let Christmas roll around without showing up again, did you?"

From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2025

Now when Treasury auctions hit, when corporations pay taxes, when quarter-ends roll around and everyone wants to move money at once, that demand pulls directly from bank reserves.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 2, 2025

By the time the holidays roll around for Skinner’s character, Benny Scanlon, in Episode 7, college life has already proven itself full of surprises.

From Salon ● May 17, 2025

Even with my growing knot of dread, things start to get more exciting by the time the bronze badges finally roll around.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston