roll with

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roll with (third-person singular simple present rolls with, present participle rolling with, simple past and past participle rolled with)

  1. To accept adversity and cope with it
    • 2017 October 27, Alex McLevy, “Making a Killing: The Brief Life and Bloody Death of the Post-Scream Slasher Revival”, in The A.V. Club[1], archived from the original on 5 March 2018:
      Thinking something is smart when it’s not is a far worse look for a film than just admitting the stupidity of it all and rolling with it.
    After fighting against the idea for years, I decided to roll with it.
  2. To spend time (with someone); to be someone's companion or part of a group with someone.
    John has been rolling with Billy and Steve for years.

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