roll over

roll over
   1. (of a female)
   to agree to extramarital copulation
   Literally, to submit, like a domestic cat being scratched:
    He was good-looking, the girls rolled over for him in droves, (le Carré, 1995)
   2. (of a criminal) to give information against other criminals
   Another form of submission:
    The ATF likes to work with criminal defendants who have 'rolled over' to avoid prosecution. (Evans-Pritchard, 1998)

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  • roll over — vt 1 a: to defer payment of (an obligation) b: to renegotiate the terms of (a financial agreement) 2: to place (invested funds) in a new investment of the same kind roll over IRA funds Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law …   Law dictionary

  • Roll-over — auch: Roll|over 〈[ oʊvə(r)] m.; od. s, 〉 1. Umschlagen ins Gegenteil, Umkehrung eines Ereignisses 2. doppelte Gewinnprämie bei Lotteriespielen 3. 〈Wirtsch.〉 3.1 übergangsloser Transfer von Fonds aus einer Investition in eine andere 3.2 〈kurz für〉 …   Universal-Lexikon

  • roll-over — USA roll up, Also known as roll over. A provision in a DIP financing order which permits the debtor to apply the proceeds of the DIP financing to satisfy, in whole or in part, secured or unsecured prepetition indebtedness, with the effect of… …   Law dictionary

  • roll over — (something) to take profits from an investment and invest them in something similar. After calling my financial advisor, I decided to roll over those treasury bonds. Investors sometimes take cash out of retirement plans rather than roll the funds …   New idioms dictionary

  • roll over — ► roll over Finance contrive or extend (a financial arrangement). Main Entry: ↑roll …   English terms dictionary

  • roll over — verb 1. make a rolling motion or turn (Freq. 3) The dog rolled over • Hypernyms: ↑turn • Hyponyms: ↑somersault, ↑tumble, ↑welter • Verb Frames …   Useful english dictionary

  • roll over — phrasal verb Word forms roll over : present tense I/you/we/they roll over he/she/it rolls over present participle rolling over past tense rolled over past participle rolled over 1) [intransitive/transitive] same as roll I, 4) He rolled over and… …   English dictionary

  • roll over — /ˌrəυl əυvə/ verb ♦ to roll over credit to make credit available over a continuing period ♦ to roll over a debt to allow a debt to stand after the repayment date ▪▪▪ ‘…at the IMF in Washington, officials are worried that Japanese and US banks… …   Marketing dictionary in english

  • roll over — /ˌrəυl əυvə/ verb ♦ to roll over a credit to make credit available over a continuing period ♦ to roll over a debt to allow a debt to stand after the repayment date ▪▪▪ ‘…at the IMF in Washington, officials are worried that Japanese and US banks… …   Dictionary of banking and finance

  • roll·over — /ˈroʊlˌoʊvɚ/ noun, pl overs [count, noncount] 1 a : the act of delaying the payment of a debt 1 b : the act of placing invested money in a new investment of the same kind see also roll over at ↑roll, 1 2 chiefly US …   Useful english dictionary

  • roll over — transitive verb Date: 1949 1. a. to defer payment of (an obligation) b. to renegotiate the terms of (a financial agreement) 2. to place (invested funds) in a new investment of the same kind < roll over IRA funds > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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