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

• 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

To match Hathaway’s look, roll up the sleeves of this oversized button-down and tuck it into a midi skirt. —Hailey Roy, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025

Come spring and summer, those same doors roll up to the ceiling, transforming Gabbiano’s into an open-air gathering place where the boundary between indoors and out all but disappears. —Chelsea Frank, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025

But instead of taking a drop, the 36-year-old Georgia native kicked off his shoes, rolled up his pants and stepped inside the water. —Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Aug. 2025

Tuesday’s housing symposium followed one in May intended to roll up shirtsleeves to begin addressing the housing shortage. —Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 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