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roll up

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: roll up

1
 v
get or gather together
2
 v
close (a car window) by causing it to move up, as with a handle
3
 v
arrive in a vehicle: "He rolled up in a black Mercedes"
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: roll up
1

v get or gather together

“She rolled up a small fortune”
Synonyms:
accumulate, amass, collect, compile, hoard, pile up
Types:
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run up
pile up (debts or scores)
corral
collect or gather
collect, pull in
get or bring together
come up, scrape, scrape up, scratch
gather (money or other resources) together over time
chunk, lump
put together indiscriminately
bale
make into a bale
catch
take in and retain
fund
accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability
fund
place or store up in a fund for accumulation
archive, file away
put into an archive
nickel-and-dime
accumulate gradually
beat up, drum up, rally
gather
Type of:
hive away, lay in, put in, salt away, stack away, stash away, store
keep or lay aside for future use

v form into a cylinder by rolling

“Roll up the cloth”
Synonyms:
furl
roll
show certain properties when being rolled
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douse
lower quickly
reef
roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area
bolt
make or roll into bolts
gather in, take in
fold up
brail
take in a sail with a brail
incorporate
unite or merge with something already in existence
coal
take in coal
Type of:
change form, change shape, deform
assume a different shape or form

v form a cylinder by rolling

“roll up a banner”
Synonyms:
wrap up
roll
show certain properties when being rolled
Antonyms:
unfurl, unroll
unroll, unfold, or spread out or be unrolled, unfolded, or spread out from a furled state
Type of:
change surface
undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface

v make into a bundle

Synonyms:
bundle, bundle up
Type of:
pack
arrange in a container

v show certain properties when being rolled

Synonyms:
roll
wrap up
form a cylinder by rolling
furl
form into a cylinder by rolling
Type of:
change
undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
2

v close (a car window) by causing it to move up, as with a handle

“she rolled up the window when it started to rain”
Type of:
close, shut
move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
3

v arrive in a vehicle: "He rolled up in a black Mercedes"

Type of:
arrive, come, get
reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
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