roar on en · VERB
Meanings
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(idiomatic, transitive) To cheer loudly for.
With the game crying out for width, the home fans roared on winger Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain whenever he touched the ball, but he was unable to show why he is a £10m target for Liverpool and Arsenal.
2011 January 29, Ian Hughes, “Southampton 1 - 2 Man Utd”, in BBC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| roared on | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| roared on | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| roaring on | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| roars on | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |