to roll up
10
3.7
- phrasal verb
- /roʊl ʌp/
- US
:
subir la ventanilla
- - Roll your window up.
- roll up the window
- roll up car windows
- rolled back up
We need to bring that back because there is a when you're committing to rolling down or up a window, it's an action, you know, like not like a just like AI want to fucking whack.
- We need to bring that back because there is a when you're committing to rolling down or up a window, it's an action, you know, like not like a just like AI want to fucking whack.
Examples
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You can roll up the window.
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Can we roll up one of these windows?
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- Did you just roll up the window on him?
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Sir, could you roll up your window and turn your vehicle off?
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- Now, you roll up the window.
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- Shall I roll up the window?
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- Roll up the window!
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Roll up the window before you catch cold.
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Roll up your window.
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Can you please roll up the window before we start driving?
Synonyms
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1.0
To close something so it is not open
14
1.0
To shut a window so it is not open
Antonyms
How Closed
Surface Forms
Morphology
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 for windows comes from old car handles that you turned to move the glass upward. You turn the crank, the window rolls and goes up into the door to close the opening. That's why roll up means 'to close a car window by moving it upward'.