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on a roll en · ADP

Meanings

  1. (informal) Having a streak of good luck or good progress or success.
    • After a sluggish start to the season, Torino are on a roll. The Granata began their nine-match unbeaten streak in Serie A on December 6. 2015 February 9, Matthew Amalfitano, “Torino eyeing Europa League”, in Independent, UK, retrieved 26 Aug 2015:
    • I'm on a roll, I'm on a roll this time / I feel my luck could change 1997, “Lucky”, in OK Computer, performed by Radiohead:
    • He was on a roll with the answers that day and didn't want to stop.
    • You're on a roll and now you pray it lasts 1983, Matthew Wilder, Greg Prestopino, “Break My Stride”, in I Don't Speak the Language:
    • `You beauty I thought, I'm on a roll now so I grabbed her hand and escorted her to the floor. 1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 85:
    • With unemployment falling, incomes rising, inflation at bay and shoppers crowding into stores, the economy is entering 1984 on a roll. 1984 January 2, Charles P. Alexander, “Cheers for a Banner Year”, in Time, retrieved 26 Aug 2015:

Relateds

on a kick · push one's luck · hot hand · lucky streak · when you're hot, you're hot

Translations (8)

fi hyvässä vedossa (having a streak of good luck or good progress or success) · es sembrado (having a streak of good luck or good progress or success) · hu jó passzban van (having a streak of good luck or good progress or success) · hu jól megy a sora (having a streak of good luck or good progress or success) · ru в уда́ре (having a streak of good luck or good progress or success) · hu jól mennek a dolgai (having a streak of good luck or good progress or success) · pl na fali (having a streak of good luck or good progress or success) · fr sur un coup (bon) (having a streak of good luck or good progress or success)