roll over
phrasal verbroll over
- (informal) to be easily defeated without even trying
- We can't expect them to just roll over for us.
- They thought the unions would roll over.
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roll somebody over
- (British English, informal) to defeat somebody easily
- They rolled us over in the replay.
roll something over
- (specialist) to allow money that somebody owes to be paid back at a later date
- The bank refused to roll over the debt.