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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

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

“When the summer months roll around, we definitely have a handful of new patients come in who have just hit their limit with having to handle their sweating,” said Levin.

From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2024

Remember the Deuce and a Quarter and how we used to roll around in that giant backseat on our summer outings to the drive-in?

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama