roll up
verb, interjection
Forms rolls up rolling up rolled up roll ups
- verb (transitive, intransitive) To dominate by accumulating; to become dominant by accumulating. “The businessmen rolled up the market by buying most of the major players.”
- verb (transitive) To make something into a particular shape, especially cylindrical or fold-like. “The shopkeeper had to roll up the poster to make it easier to carry.”
- verb (transitive) To pack up into a bundle or bindle.
- verb (transitive) To create a cigar or cigarette, or a joint. “The audacity of that man rolling up in court was astounding.”
- verb (transitive) To raise (a car window, rolling door, or rolling security barrier). “The shopkeeper had to roll up the security barrier to open the shop.”
- verb (roleplaying games, intransitive) To roll the dice necessary to create a character for a game, especially a role-playing game.
- verb (intransitive) To arrive by vehicle, usually by car. “We thought Jim would be late for the wedding, but then we saw him roll up in front of the church in his Mercedes.”
- verb (transitive, finance, of an option) To swap out for a higher strike.
- interjection Used to call the attention of potential purchasers. “Roll up, roll up! Pies for sale!”
Synonyms
pack up pack wind up furl collect accumulate pile up amass compile hoard bundle bundle up wrap up roll
Antonyms
Etymology
The "arrive by vehicle" sense involves the notion of being on wheels (or, similarly, on tank treads); it is conceptually coordinate with walk up as in "approach"; thus, both can take to as preposition (e.g., roll up to, walk up to, belly up to).
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 — from the Wiktionary entry “roll up”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details