roll over

British  

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

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noun

1. 1. an instance of such continuance of a loan, prize, etc

   2. ( as modifier )

      a rollover jackpot

roll over Idioms  

1. 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]

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Example Sentences

Woods, whose car rolled over several times, said later that was lucky to be alive.

From The Wall Street Journal

They will generate buy signals if they roll over and begin to trend down.

From MarketWatch

“Everyone tells them to open up an IRA account or to roll over, but not anything else. So they ask us where to move their money and how to invest it.”

From MarketWatch

They would have to clearly roll over and trend downward in order to generate buy signals.

From MarketWatch

Then black stockings, rolled over garters, down to her high-topped, year-round Sunday-and-funeral shoes.

From Literature

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