roll over

verb

1. intr to overturn
2. See roll
3. slang.
   to surrender
4. tr to allow (a loan, prize, etc) to continue in force for a further period

noun

1. 1. an instance of such continuance of a loan, prize, etc
   2. ( as modifier )

      a rollover jackpot

Idioms and Phrases

Reinvest profits from one investment back into that investment or into another, as in Our broker advised us to roll over the proceeds into a tax shelter . [Mid-1900s]

Example Sentences

For too long we've experienced the executive branch roll over Congress, the press and the American people.

From The Daily Beast

It felt like we were in a roll-over, but the van was upright when it was all done.

From The Daily Beast

Then roll over the Nebraska border into Omaha, where train buffs can't miss the Union Pacific Railroad Museum.

From The Daily Beast

Watch the press roll over and carry on excitedly about how this is a new GOP.

From The Daily Beast

I did not cooperate with the government, and I did not roll over.

From The Daily Beast

Had either Hal or his man been able to roll over completely, one more comrade's knots would then be within reach.

From Project Gutenberg

Directly he got hold of the cup Saï would roll over and over it, and would pay no attention to anyone as long as the smell lasted.

From Project Gutenberg

After he managed to get some fragments of leaves into his mouth and had swallowed them he lay down and began to roll over.

From Project Gutenberg

They seem to roll over sea and land, and in the middle of the night, and out in the sunlit street, I seem to hear them still.

From Project Gutenberg

With something like a feeling of satisfied vengeance, the young hunter saw the hyena roll over dead.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• abandon
• capitulate
• cede
• commit
• concede
• give in
• hand over
• leave
• quit
• relinquish
• renounce
• submit
• succumb
• waive
• yield