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roll-up

[ rohl-uhp ]
/ ˈroʊlˌʌp /

noun

Also rollup . something, as a carpet or window shade, that can be rolled up when not in use.
Informal. an increase, as in value or cost.

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Origin of roll-up

First recorded in 1745–55; noun use of verb phrase roll up

Words nearby roll-up

roll-over arm, Rolls-Royce, roll the bones, roll top, roll-top desk, roll-up, roll up one's sleeves, rollway, roll with the punches, roll-your-own, Rolodex
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Example sentences from the Web for roll-up

  • Prototypes are around for roll-up screens that look like paper, and a variety of lower-cost reading machines are in development.

    Who Says the Book Business Is Dead?|Peter Osnos|January 13, 2009|DAILY BEAST

  • That "roll-up" is pictured clearly before me now, and never again do I expect to be present at a more cruelly dramatic gathering.

    In Search of El Dorado|Alexander MacDonald

  • He had one large bundle; it contained a roll-up cork bed, in a waterproof casing.

    With Kitchener in the Soudan|G. A. Henty

British Dictionary definitions for roll-up

roll up

verb (adverb)

noun roll-up

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Idioms and Phrases with roll-up

roll up
1

Accumulate, as in He rolled up a fortune in commodity trading, or She rolled up a huge number of votes in this district. [Mid-1800s]

2

Arrive in a vehicle, as in They rolled up in a taxi at exactly eight o'clock.

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