roll around

phrasal verb

rolled around; rolling around; rolls around
informal
: to arrive or happen again
By the time Friday rolls around, I'm ready for the weekend.

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By the time Wednesday rolls around, the city will have had seven weeks with temperatures over 90 degrees — one of the 15 longest stretches there in the last 50 years. Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025 The Pittsburgh Steelers are ensuring the roster will be in top shape by the time the regular season rolls around. James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025 Riggs, who is from Chicago but lives in Southbury, should know where everything is by the time the Eversource Hartford Marathon rolls around. Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2025 Combine a Mamdani victory in November with the existing strength of the Bernie Sanders/AOC wing within the party, and their takeover may be complete by the time the 2028 elections roll around. Ryan Clancy, New York Daily News, 10 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for roll around

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“Roll around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roll%20around. Accessed 30 Aug. 2025.

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