rolled on

Proceeded without stopping

Rolled on describes continuing forward motion or progress despite obstacles or the passage of time.

When events or time roll on, they proceed steadily and unstoppably: The years rolled on and she never returned.

In informal contexts, to roll on someone means to inform or snitch on them to authorities, turning against a former associate: He rolled on his partners to get a lighter sentence.

The phrase can also express eager anticipation: Roll on Friday!

Related

ball · credits · flow · gliding · progression · thunder · juggernaut · persistence · endurance · let it ride · tumbled · momentum · wheel · applied · sequence · inevitability · timeline · carpet

Opposites
continuation of motion

rolled onstopped

Brought to a halt

halted · ceased · braked · stalled · pulled up

temporal progression

rolled onstood still

Ceased all movement

reversed · rewound · regressed · backtracked · froze

persistence of action

rolled ongave up

Abandoned an attempt

quit · stopped short · abandoned · broke off · faltered

Family

roll, rolled, rolling, roller, enroll, rolls, enrollment, unrolled, unrolling

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Top 100,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G