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roll over

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1. roll over - Noun

2. roll over - Verb

Meaning

make a rolling motion or turn

re-invest (a previous investment) into a similar fund or security

negociate to repay a loan at a later date for an additional fee

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roll-over

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Do all lovers feel helpless and valiant in the presence of the beloved? Helpless because the need to roll over like a pet dog is never far away. Valiant because you know you would slay a dragon with a pocket knife if you had to. Jeanette Winterson

She lowered her lashes until they almost cuddled her cheeks and slowly raised them again, like a theatre curtain. I was to get to know that trick. That was supposed to make me roll over on my back with all four paws in the air. Raymond Chandler

If you annoy the Hog-nosed Snake enough, he will roll over on his back and play dead. If you turn him right-side up, he will roll over to prove that he is dead. [Footnote:] While he is playing dead, you can go straight up to him and step on his head or smash him with a big club. Will Cuppy

And I got so drunk, I got so drunk that I actually woke up thinking, "Should I get up and pee, or just pee in the bed?" Actually weighing the pros and the cons. "Well, it'll be warm for a minute... it's a big bed, I'll just roll over... I'll just blame it on that guy!" Margaret Cho

If you read our Founding Fathers, people like Benjamin Franklin and Jefferson - what we're doing now in this country is making them roll over in their graves. Rick Santelli

They better hope the United States doesn't roll over one night and crush them. They are lucky we allow them to exist on the same continent. Ann Coulter

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