rolled into one
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4.4
- idiom
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todo en uno
- Amazing city with so much beauty and history all rolled into one.
Examples
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I doubt you will ever see so many important qualities all rolled into one gubernatorial candidate again.
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I'm the Bishop of the Church, the General of the local militia, and the Mayor all rolled into one.
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The Start screen is basically the home screen and notification screen all rolled into one.
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It's beauty, simplicity, and science all rolled into one small tube.
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His work is music, drama, painting, sociology, folktale, history, politics, and cinema all rolled into one.
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I am a personal assistant, cleaner, cook, counselor, taxi service, gardener, handyman, all rolled into one package.
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Essentially, it's a moisturizer, anti-aging cream, sunscreen, primer, and foundation all rolled into one.
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In some circles, the Mint 400 is a far, far better thing than the Super Bowl, the Kentucky Derby and the Lower Oakland Roller Derby Finals all rolled into one.
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Grain of Sand had become the underground hit of 1965, and Robbie Clark the new James Dean, Marlon Brando, and Jack Kerouac all rolled into one.
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It's a book that has love, gossip, pain, and history all rolled into one enthralling read.
Synonyms
When things or people join to work as one unit
Antonyms
How Combined
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense 'combined into one' is directly inferable from the constituents: 'rolled' (moved/formed together), 'into' (into a state or unit), and 'one' (a single unit). The metaphor of rolling things together to form a single whole (as in the common phrase 'all rolled into one') follows a standard compositional pattern and is cross-linguistically familiar, so a B1 learner who knows the words should be able to derive the meaning.
Etymology
Rolled into one paints a picture of different things being rolled together into a single one, like small items pushed into one ball. So it means 'combined', having several qualities or jobs in the same person or thing.