roll out

verb — 4 senses

roll out

verb
1

To deploy or release (a new film or software, etc.); to launch (a product or service), especially in a gradual fashion across multiple regions.

  • We plan to roll out the new version in September.
  • Directed, like the original, by Danny Boyle, and starring several members of the original cast, “T2” is getting a wide release in Britain this week before being rolled out across Europe. It reaches the United States on March 17.2017 January 26, Christopher D. Shea, “T2 Trainspotting’: The Early Reviews”, in New York Time:
2

Informal To leave a place at a leisurely pace.

  • Coming from a neighborhood like Bay Village, we can tell you all about sleepless nights from drunks rolling out of bars at 2 a.m.1974 April 13, Sheri, “Reactions”, in Gay Community News, page 4:
3

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see roll, out.

  • The cook rolled out the dough with a rolling pin.
  • They rolled out the red carpet to welcome the visiting dignitaries.
4

Bowling, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports Of a ball To use up too much energy when first bowled and to therefore not finish strongly.

Derived terms
roll-out, rollout, transform and roll out

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