roll up

verb

rolled up; rolling up; rolls up

transitive verb

: to increase or acquire by successive accumulations : accumulate

rolled up a large majority

intransitive verb

1

: to become larger by successive accumulations

2

: to arrive in a vehicle

celebrities rolling up in limousines

Synonyms of roll up

• increase
• rise
• accelerate
• swell
• expand

Examples of roll up in a Sentence

ticket sales are expected to roll up as the date of the concert nears

Recent Examples on the Web

Carter-Riverside reached this year’s playoffs after a 36-34 regular-season finale win over Fort Worth Western Hills a week ago, as its Wing-T offense rolled up 465 yards total offense, all on the ground, while attempting one pass. —Mike Waters, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Nov. 2025

This twist on snickerdoodle cookies is all rolled up and ready to impress. —Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Nov. 2025

Ernestone set his sights on cracking the code around prosthetic liners—the silicone, flexible socks that prosthesis-users roll up onto their residual limb before inserting it into the prosthesis socket. —IEEE Spectrum, 11 Nov. 2025

Formed by rolling up sheets of atoms, these hollow tubes exhibit unique behaviors distinct from bulk materials due to their nanoscale dimensions. —Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 9 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1822, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 2

Rhymes for roll up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup

Kids Definition

roll up

verb

: to build up by many additions one after the other

the winning candidate rolled up a large majority

Legal Definition

rollup

noun

roll·​up

ˈrōl-ˌəp

: limited partnership rollup transaction