roll out
Britishverb
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to cause (pastry) to become flatter and thinner by pressure with a rolling pin
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to show (a new type of aircraft) to the public for the first time
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to launch (a new film, product, etc) in a series of stages over an area, each stage involving an increased number of outlets
noun
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Get out of bed, as in I rolled out around six o'clock this morning . [ Colloquial ; late 1800s]
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Introduce, disclose, as in They rolled out the new washing machine with great fanfare .
Example Sentences
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Combined with an updated large language model, Meta could roll out an agentic shopping tool across its various social-media sites, allowing users to purchase products directly on platforms such as Messenger, according to Nowak.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026
And South Korea said it will roll out a $17 billion "wartime" supplementary budget and expand fuel tax cuts.
From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026
United is about to roll out a version of its Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner with an “elevated interior.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
That has not exempted Anthropic from criticism, especially after it recently dropped a supposed core commitment that it would not roll out a model that outstripped the company’s ability to control it.
From Salon • Mar. 23, 2026
It was a very nice-looking boy, about the same age as Abby, helping a man roll out some green mesh fencing.
From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein
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