Dictionary

roll out en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (intransitive, transitive) To deploy or release (a new film or software, etc.); to launch (a product or service), especially in a gradual fashion across multiple regions.
   • We plan to roll out the new version in September.
   • Directed, like the original, by Danny Boyle, and starring several members of the original cast, “T2” is getting a wide release in Britain this week before being rolled out across Europe. It reaches the United States on March 17. 2017 January 26, Christopher D. Shea, “T2 Trainspotting’: The Early Reviews”, in New York Time:
2. (informal, intransitive) To leave a place at a leisurely pace.
   • Coming from a neighborhood like Bay Village, we can tell you all about sleepless nights from drunks rolling out of bars at 2 a.m. 1974 April 13, Sheri, “Reactions”, in Gay Community News, page 4:
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see roll, out.
   • They rolled out the red carpet to welcome the visiting dignitaries.
   • The cook rolled out the dough with a rolling pin.
4. (intransitive, of a ball) To use up too much energy when first bowled and to therefore not finish strongly.
5. (of an option, transitive) To swap out for a farther expiration date while keeping the same strike.

Forms

Antonyms

roll in

Coordinates

roll down · roll up · head out

Deriveds

roll-out · transform and roll out · rollout

Hypernyms

introduce

Synonyms

burn out · burn up

Translations (9)

es distribuir (deploy, release or launch) · de ausliefern (deploy, release or launch) · tr sunmak (deploy, release or launch) · fr sortir (deploy, release or launch) · es estrenar (deploy, release or launch) · fi julkistaa (deploy, release or launch) · es desplegar (deploy, release or launch) · fr déployer (deploy, release or launch) · es introducir (deploy, release or launch)