He wants to roll back laws designed to clean up the air, water and land.
The City Council agreed to roll back property taxes.
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roll — 1 verb 1 ROUND OBJECT (intransitive always + adv/prep, transitive) if something that is round rolls or if you roll it, it moves along a surface by turning over and over: The ball rolled into the street. | roll sth: Maybe we can roll the log to… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
roll — roll1 W3S1 [rəul US roul] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(round object)¦ 2¦(person/animal)¦ 3¦(shape of tube/ball)¦ 4¦(make something flat)¦ 5¦(clothes)¦ 6¦(something with wheels)¦ 7¦(drop of liquid)¦ 8¦(waves/clouds)¦ 9¦(game)¦ 10¦( … Dictionary of contemporary English
roll*/*/*/ — [rəʊl] verb I 1) [I/T] to move forwards while turning over and over, or to make something do this The pencil went rolling across the floor.[/ex] Men were rolling tyres across the yard.[/ex] 2) [I/T] to move on wheels, or to move something that is … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
roll something up — FOLD (UP), furl, wind up, coil (up), bundle up. → roll * * * Military drive the flank of an enemy line back and round so that the line is shortened or surrounded * * * ˌroll sthˈup derived … Useful english dictionary
roll something over — Finance contrive or extend a particular financial arrangement this is not a good time for rolling over corporate debt * * * ˌroll sthˈover derived (technical) to allow money that sb owes to be paid back at a later date • The bank refused to roll… … Useful english dictionary
roll — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 bread ADJECTIVE ▪ bread ▪ crusty, soft ▪ dinner, finger (BrE), kaiser (AmE), morning (BrE) … Collocations dictionary
give — give1 W1S1 [gıv] v past tense gave [geıv] past participle given [ˈgıvən] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(present or money)¦ 2¦(put something in somebody s hand)¦ 3¦(let somebody do something)¦ 4¦(tell somebody something)¦ 5¦(make a movement/do an action)¦… … Dictionary of contemporary English
throw — throw1 W1S1 [θrəu US θrou] v past tense threw [θru:] past participle thrown [θrəun US θroun] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(throw a ball/stone etc)¦ 2¦(put something carelessly)¦ 3¦(push roughly/violently)¦ 4¦(make somebody fall)¦ 5¦(move hands/head etc)¦ 6¦(confuse … Dictionary of contemporary English
throw — 1 verb past threw past participle thrown 1 THROW A BALL/STONE ETC (I, T) to make an object such as a ball move quickly through the air by moving your hand quickly: throw sth at/to/towards etc: Someone threw a stone at the car. | Cromartie throws… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
stop — stop1 W1S1 [stɔp US sta:p] v past tense and past participle stopped present participle stopping ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(not move)¦ 2¦(not continue)¦ 3¦(pause)¦ 4¦(prevent)¦ 5¦(stay)¦ 6 will/would stop at nothing (to do something) 7 stop short of (doing)… … Dictionary of contemporary English
