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roll with it en · VERB

Meanings

1. (idiomatic, slang) To deal with or accept unexpected changes or setbacks and cope with them.
   • My cousin, being a consummate professional, rolled with it and interviewed Jesse. 2009, Larry Elder, What's Race Got to Do with It?, Why It's Time to Stop the Stupidest Argument in America, page 255:
   • Thinking something is smart when it’s not is a far worse look for a film than just admitting the stupidity of it all and rolling with it. 2017 October 27, Alex McLevy, “Making a Killing: The Brief Life and Bloody Death of the Post-Scream Slasher Revival”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2018:
   • Resistance can also be met by rolling with it instead of opposing it. There is a paradoxical element in this, which often will bring the client back to a balanced or opposite perspective. 2017, Jill Ehrenreich-May, Sarah M. Kennedy, Jamie A. Sherman, Emily L. Bilek, Brian A. Buzzella, Shannon M. Bennett, David H. Barlow, Unified Protocols for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders in Children and Adolescents, Therapist Guide, page 26:
   • Why can't we roll with it; see where time and tide take us? 2000, Kamila Shamsie, Salt and Saffron:
   • The United States, it has been said, is the fat boy in the canoe, and when it rolls, everyone else rolls with it. 1995, Commission on Global Governance (editor), Issues in Global Governance:Papers Written for the Commission on Global Governance, page 241:
   • But the entire planet isn't in its right mind since May day so for pity's sake let's just roll with it. 2005, Chris Cleave, Incendiary, A Novel, page 164:
   • You've gotta roll with it, You gotta take your time, You gotta say what you say, Don't let anybody get in your way. 1995, Oasis, “Roll With It”, in (What's the Story) Morning Glory?:

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Relateds

roll with the punches · roll with

Translations (4)

pl zaakceptować (Translations) · es dejarse llevar (Translations) · es seguir la corriente (Translations) · pl pogodzić się z (Translations)