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

Synonyms

• accelerate
• accumulate
• appreciate
• balloon
• boom
• build up
• burgeon
• bourgeon
• climb
• enlarge
• escalate
• expand
• gain
• increase
• mount
• multiply
• mushroom
• proliferate
• rise
• snowball
• spread
• swell
• wax

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

So roll up your sleeves, jump in with both feet and get started. —Michael Newman, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2024

People aged 60 to 74 who have health issues like lung or heart problems, should also roll up their sleeves, per the new CDC guidelines. —Ashley Abramson, SELF, 30 Sep. 2024

Then, just roll up the sleeves of the black outer layer top past your elbow for a pop of color. —Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 30 Sep. 2024

Both have rolled up their sleeves to do writing and reporting, with Sherwood holding forth in a German laundromat to help report a story about would-be Trump assassin Thomas Crooks. —Brian Steinberg, Variety, 23 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1822, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 2

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