roll out

verb

1. flatten or spread with a roller (Freq. 1)

- roll out the paper

• Syn: ↑roll

• Derivationally related forms: ↑roll (for: ↑roll)

• Hypernyms: ↑flatten

• Hyponyms: ↑cog, ↑mill

• Verb Frames:

- Somebody ——s something

2. straighten by unrolling

- roll out the big map

• Syn: ↑straighten

• Hypernyms: ↑unwind, ↑disentangle

• Verb Frames:

- Somebody ——s something

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roll-out or roll|out «ROHL _OWT», noun.

1. Informal. the first public showing of something new, as an aircraft or space vehicle.

2. U.S. Football. a play in which a quarterback runs out of the area formed by blockers before passing: »Duhon…was a left-handed quarterback at Tulane where he set records as a scrambling roll-out runner-passer for three years (New York Times).

3. the part of a landing after touchdown when an airplane slows down on the runway before it taxis to the unloading ramp: »[The] plane was loaded with 128 passengers headed for Mexico City. It landed safely. But no sooner was it on the ground—still on roll-out—than all four engines quit again! (Paul Harvey).

roll out «rohl _OWT», verb.

–v.t.

1. to introduce or show to the public; put on the market: »rolling out new products.

2. to institute, bring into practice or use, especially a program or system: »A new visa program was rolled out slowly.

3. to flatten or spread out pastry or other dough: »The prince was at the kitchen table teaching his daughter how to roll out dough for a Christmas pie (New York Times).

–v.i.

1. to be introduced or made public.

2. to get up (out of bed): »The seventh-grader rolls out of bed every weekday at 5 a.m.

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roll out [phrasal verb]

roll out (something) or roll (something) out

1 : to offer or sell (something) for the first time

The company is expected to roll out [=launch] several new products next year.

— see also ↑rollout

2 : to make (something that has been rolled into the shape of a tube) long and flat again

He rolled out [=unrolled] the sleeping bags.

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Main Entry: ↑roll

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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roll|out — roll out or roll|out «ROHL OWT», noun. 1. Informal. the first public showing of something new, as an aircraft or space vehicle. 2. U.S. Football. a play in which a quarterback runs out of the area formed by blockers before passing: »Duhon…was a… … Useful english dictionary
roll out — • roll out v. • roll out n. Companies are constantly introducing new products and services that you don t want or need. The elaborate process of introducing something new is a roll out. The verb form is used thusly: We rolled this piece of crap… … Business English jargon and slang
roll-out — • roll out v. • roll out n. Companies are constantly introducing new products and services that you don t want or need. The elaborate process of introducing something new is a roll out. The verb form is used thusly: We rolled this piece of crap… … Business English jargon and slang
Roll-out — Roll|out, Roll out [roʊl |a̮ut ], das, auch: der; s, s [engl. roll out, eigtl.= herausrollen, bringen]: 1. öffentliche Vorstellung eines neuen Fahrzeugtyps (bes. eines Flugzeugs). 2. (EDV) Veröffentlichung neuer Softwareprodukte u. ihre… … Universal-Lexikon
Roll-out — Roll out, auch Roll|out [... aut] das; s, s <aus engl. roll out »das Vorstellen«, eigtl. »das Hinausrollen«> öffentliche Vorstellung eines neuen Fahrzeugtyps (bes. eines Flugzeugs) … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
roll out — (something) to offer a new product or service to the public. The provider plans to roll out its new Internet access service next month. They ve experimented with the system in regional markets, and will roll it out nationally this fall … New idioms dictionary
roll-out — n [U and C] an occasion when a new product is made available for people to buy or use = ↑launch ▪ Sun had to cancel the intended roll out of the 514 model … Dictionary of contemporary English
roll out — ► roll out officially launch (a new product). Main Entry: ↑roll … English terms dictionary
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roll-out — UK US (also rollout) noun [C or U] (also rolling launch) MARKETING ► an occasion when a new product or service is gradually made available to more people after it has first been tested in a particular area: rollout of sth »Rollout of the new… … Financial and business terms

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