as in to increase
to become greater in size, extent, volume, amount, or number
ticket sales are expected to roll up as the date of the concert nears
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Recent Examples of roll up
Speaking of entertaining, this quick-dry dish mat rolls up after your cleanup is complete to help you to save valuable space on your countertop.
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Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Mar. 2025
Time to roll up the sleeves, grab a glove and get in the game!
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
Ten years ago, Susan Morrison, articles editor at The New Yorker, rolled up her sleeves to find out.
—Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2025
The plan, at least according to what has been floated in the media, is to roll up to America’s most famous gold vault and show the public exactly what’s (or isn’t) behind those colossal steel doors.
—Dave Birnbaum, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
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Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Mar. 2025
Time to roll up the sleeves, grab a glove and get in the game!
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
Ten years ago, Susan Morrison, articles editor at The New Yorker, rolled up her sleeves to find out.
—Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2025
The plan, at least according to what has been floated in the media, is to roll up to America’s most famous gold vault and show the public exactly what’s (or isn’t) behind those colossal steel doors.
—Dave Birnbaum, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for roll up
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Students online are more likely to have to withdraw from or repeat courses and are less likely to graduate on time, these researchers found, which further increases the cost.—
Jon Marcus,
NPR,
15 Mar. 2025
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United, a club who had the gas cut off at Bank Street, so impoverished were they, now had a stadium to fit the increasing industry and prosperity of the area.—
Michael Walker,
The Athletic,
15 Mar. 2025
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The series is about two sisters, but for the first half of the season, even by splitting the narrative into a bunch of flashbacks, Long Bright River can’t find a way to make that relationship rise to the surface.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
12 Mar. 2025
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The overt reason is that BP’s stock has risen less than other oil majors during 2024.—
Ian Dexter Palmer,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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If Ukraine and the U.S. reach an understanding acceptable to Trump, that could accelerate his administration’s push to peace talks.—
Matthew Lee and Hanna Arhirova,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2025
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Its development as as rival to X accelerated after Musk bought the app in 2022.—
Hannah Parry,
Newsweek,
10 Mar. 2025
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In some cases, your body may recognize the hyaluronic acid in fillers as a foreign substance that also requires an immune response, leading to swelling, nodules or other inflammatory reactions.—
Leslie Baumann,
Miami Herald,
20 Mar. 2025
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Protests unite Just after 6:30 pm, Clark’s crowd was swelling with a few dozen protesters from the Free Palestine rally.—
Cathie Anderson,
Sacramento Bee,
20 Mar. 2025
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But eight weeks in, the mass deportation effort has rapidly expanded to include immigrants whose application for legal status in the country is under review.—
Lauren Villagran,
USA TODAY,
16 Mar. 2025
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The analyst believes that Costco has the opportunity to expand its warehouse footprint further.—
TipRanks.com Staff,
CNBC,
16 Mar. 2025
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“Roll up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roll%20up. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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