roll out
Britishverb
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to cause (pastry) to become flatter and thinner by pressure with a rolling pin
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to show (a new type of aircraft) to the public for the first time
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to launch (a new film, product, etc) in a series of stages over an area, each stage involving an increased number of outlets
noun
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Get out of bed, as in I rolled out around six o'clock this morning . [ Colloquial ; late 1800s]
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Introduce, disclose, as in They rolled out the new washing machine with great fanfare .
Example Sentences
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Apple first unveiled Apple Intelligence at the company’s 2024 Worldwide Developers Conference in 2024, but it still hasn’t been able to roll out all of the features it promised at the time.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026
And South Korea said it will roll out a $17 billion "wartime" supplementary budget and expand fuel tax cuts.
From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026
United is about to roll out a version of its Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner with an “elevated interior.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
That has not exempted Anthropic from criticism, especially after it recently dropped a supposed core commitment that it would not roll out a model that outstripped the company’s ability to control it.
From Salon • Mar. 23, 2026
“I’d rather do the book. You want to trade, Ally? You can roll out the dough.”
From "Fish in a Tree" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
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