roll down

verb

rolled down; rolling down; rolls down
1
: to move (something) down especially by turning a handle
She rolled down the car window.
2
: to unfold the edge of (something, such as a shirt sleeve or pants leg) to make it longer
He rolled down his sleeves.

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Your eyes aren't deceiving you — the little delivery robots rolling down Washington DC streets are becoming a more common sight. Mike Stunson, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026 But a robotic dog rolling down the street would be pretty hard to ignore. Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 27 Aug. 2026 Once a boulder begins to roll down the hill, its potential energy from the force of gravity first transforms to kinetic energy and then maybe to thermal energy or to the work of knocking down a tree. Matthew Koss, The Conversation, 24 Aug. 2026 Some managers and scouts visited Ewood Park when Wharton was a teenager at Blackburn Rovers and decided that the skinny kid with a buzz cut and his socks rolled down ‘isn’t one for us’. Stuart James, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for roll down

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“Roll down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roll%20down. Accessed 3 Sep. 2026.

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