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roll up

• (of a person or animal) curl up tightly.
• "at the sight of the wolf, the porcupine rolls up into a ball"
• turn something flexible over and over on itself to form a cylinder, tube, or ball.
• "she started to roll up her sleeping bag"
Similar: fold (up), furl, wind up, coil (up), bundle up,
Opposite: unroll, roll out,
• casually arrive at a place.
• "we rolled up at the same time"
Similar: arrive, come, turn up, appear, make/put in an appearance, show one's face, show up, pitch up, fetch up, roll in, blow in,
Opposite: leave,
• used to encourage passers-by to look at or participate in something, typically at a fairground.
• "roll up, roll up, for all the fun of the fair"
• drive the flank of an enemy line back and round so that the line is shortened or surrounded.

roll-up noun

• a hand-rolled cigarette.
• an assembly or its turnout.
• "we should get a big roll-up"

roll-up adjective

• denoting something which can be rolled up.
• "roll-up panels"
• denoting an investment fund in which returns are reinvested and tax liabilities can be reduced.


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