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to roll up

22 3.7

Collect small amounts until they become a larger total

phrasal verb
/roʊl ʌp/

: acumular

And they choose a project, work out what they can do, roll up their sleeves, get out and take action.
rolled up huge debts
rolled up yards

And it's this, you know, snowball that keeps rolling up.

Examples

You come home from work tired, but you roll up your sleeves to make dinner.

Blog text (10)
So I'll just have to roll up my sleeves and get started, even if it's so much work.
They sometimes ask for help, maybe a parent, maybe a teacher, and then they roll up their sleeves and take action.
Regardless of whether you wear a suit or a shirt or a hoodie, roll up your sleeves every day and get down to work.
Let's get off our fannies, roll up our sleeves and get to work passionately in creating an almost perfect world.
To effectively manage the project, we need to roll up our sleeves and collaborate as a team.
The teacher encouraged the students to roll up their sleeves and tackle the challenging group project together.
In order to improve the community, the volunteers decided to roll up their sleeves and start cleaning the park.

Synonyms

to add

vsto roll up

934 1.0

Put numbers or amounts together to find their total

is more general meaning collect or combine items as well as numbers

to collect

vsto roll up

499 1.1

To bring things or people together in one place

is broader also meaning combining into totals or groups beyond gathering physically

to accumulate

vsto roll up

174 3.4

To gather more and more of something over time

is about gradual increase rather than immediate combining into one total

to sum

vsto roll up

168 1.0

To add two or more numbers to find their total

is broader applying also to grouping non numeric items into totals

to compile

vsto roll up

134 4.1

To collect and arrange information and materials into a list or book

is broader involving any combining or accumulation not only organized lists

to add up

vsto roll up

118 1.0

Find the total of several numbers

also covers combining physical items and group totals not only numbers

to pile up

vsto roll up

83 3.1

To put things on top of each other until they make a heap

is broader including forming totals or groups beyond physical piling

to amass

vsto roll up

66 4.8

To collect a lot of something over time

is more about building a large store over time not about mathematical summing

to total

vsto roll up

65 1.0

To add numbers together to find the whole amount

is broader applying to grouping items as well as numeric sums

to rack up

vsto roll up

Informal

54 3.6

To collect many points or wins

is broader covering general combining or grouping beyond scored achievements

to gather

vsto roll up

53 1.8

Increase slowly over time

is about general collecting or combining not necessarily gradual increase

to gather up

vsto roll up

43 2.1

Bring things together by picking them up with your hands

is more general covering larger totals or abstract combining not just physical gathering

to accrue

vsto roll up

27 6.6

To slowly increase over time, for example money or benefits

is more general including deliberate collecting or instant combining

to aggregate

vsto roll up

23 5.1

To collect things together to make one total

is broader applying to any collecting or grouping not only strict combining

to add together

vsto roll up

7 1.0

To calculate the total of two or more numbers by putting them together

is wider used for joining or collecting items not only numbers

to stack up

vsto roll up

7 4.0

Collect things over time until there is a large amount

is broader covering any joining or grouping not only gradual saving

to sum up

vsto roll up

1 2.1

Add several numbers to find the total

also refers to combining other items or counts beyond simple numbers

to totalize

vsto roll up

1 7.4

Join numbers or ideas to make one whole

is more general also covering simple collecting rather than only mathematical summing

to tot

vsto roll up

1 8.8

To add numbers together to find the total

is broader also covering collecting or combining physical items into totals

to tote up

vsto roll up

1 4.3

Add numbers to find the total

is more general including gathering items or grouping not only numbers

to cumulate

vsto roll up

1 7.9

To increase in amount over time

is broader meaning simple collecting or combining in one group as well

to heap up

vsto roll up

1 2.5

Put things into a pile

is more general meaning combine or collect into totals not only piles

to summate

vsto roll up

7.8

To add small amounts together to make a total

is broader used for gathering or grouping without strict calculation

to tot up

vsto roll up

5.1

To add a group of numbers to find the total

is more general and can mean grouping things not only arithmetic adding

Antonyms

to reduce

∞ 1.6

To make something smaller in amount, size, or number

to disperse

104 4.4

To cause people and things, like a crowd or fog, to spread over a wide area

How Much

to amass

66 4.8

to accumulate

174 3.4

to roll up

22 3.7

to collect

499 1.1

to gather

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

roll up infinitive

rolled up past

rolled up past participle

rolling up present participle

rolls up third person singular

Morphology

roll + up

The sense 'to close a car window by moving it upward' is directly derivable from combining a motion notion in 'roll' (to move/turn) with the directional particle 'up' (upward movement). This motion + particle composition is a regular, compositional pattern in English (and mirrored in many languages), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents can readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

Roll up may come from the image of rolling a small thing so it gathers more and becomes bigger, like a snowball. As you roll it, pieces join and build up into a larger mass. So, roll up means 'to collect or accumulate into a larger total'.