roll to

roll to (someone or something)

1. To move over to someone or something in a rolling motion, on wheels, or atop or inside of something with wheels. The ball rolled all the way to the other end of the field. The man rolled to the window in his wheelchair.
2. To cause someone or something to move over to someone or something else in a rolling motion, on wheels, or atop or inside of something with wheels. A noun or pronoun is used between "roll" and "to." Roll the cart to the next aisle so we can fill it up with supplies. We rolled the patient to the operating room on the gurney.
3. To come to some position or status after rolling. The cart rolled to a stop just inches away from the wall. He put the car in neutral and let it roll to a slow coasting speed.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

roll something to someone or something

to send something revolving toward someone or something or moving toward someone or something on wheels. I rolled the ball to the baby, who just sat and looked at it. The blow with the mallet rolled the croquet ball to the wicket.
See also: roll
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • (someone or something) promises well
  • a/the feel of (something)
  • (I) wouldn't (do something) if I were you
  • (have) got something going (with someone)
  • a straw will show which way the wind blows
  • accompanied by
  • accompanied by (someone or something)
  • accompany
  • a crack at (someone or something)
  • all right
References in classic literature
Several times Condon attempted to draw the lad into a card game; but his victim was not interested, and the black looks of several of the other men passengers decided the American to find other means of transferring the boy's bank roll to his own pocket.
Son Of Tarzan
The major driver which helps to accelerate the roll-to-roll technologies for flexible devices market includes increasing demand for flexible electronic devices, adoption of touch screen display technology for electronic devices and increasing demand of roll to roll based flexible temperature sensors in industrial sector.
Roll-To-Roll Technologies Market: Global Industry Information, Trends, Outlook, Analysis and Forecast to 2022 by Brisk Insights
When winding non-elastic and high-slip films, the inner layers will loosen; this can cause the roll to dish while winding, or telescope when unwinding.
Overcome the challenges in winding flexible packaging film
The calculated 3D compensation profile was sent to the NC unit controlling the tool axis and used as a tool path while grinding the roll to achieve the desired cam-like geometry of the backup roll.
Non-circular grinding of backup rolls to reduce rolling force variation/Tugivaltside mitteumarlihvimine valtsimisjou koikumise vahendamiseks
* Transferring the rubber sheet from the calender roll to the substrate;
Tire cord calender as process system: Operating for consistent product--part 1
There is a vacuum inside the TAD roll and the differential pressure from outside the roll to the inside causes the air to be drawn through the sheet and the TAD fabric.
A beginner's guide to towel and tissue, Part II
When a press operator notices that he is losing color strength or density from a particular anilox, he should send that roll to the anilox control area immediately to be inspected and evaluated.
Setting standards for managing anilox inventory
When a pickup station is free, the last roll to enter the surge conveyor is indexed back to the sizing station, scanned, and weighed.
AS/RS and AGVS save Mead Paper $6 million/yr
As of May 22, he said, the Tax Commission computers were showing accepted offers of $600 million dollars off the actuals, which would have brought the final roll to $84.4 billion.
Final tax roll released, tax fixing delayed
Likewise, when cut-to-length strips are fed through a roll forming machine, interstage guiding devices are used to guide the lead end from roll to roll.
Roll forming operations - continuous stream of parts
This can cause the roll to deflect under operating conditions.
Optimizing thin-gauge sheet for in-line thermoforming
* Easy read Pi tape: This tape will accurately measure the diameter of a roll to 0.001 in.
The value of biannual corrugated engineering audits: biannual audits can help corrugating operations "tune up" and operate more efficiently
* Dimensional accuracy - using the roll to pull compound from the preform bank past the final shaping die results in zero pressure extrusion and a dimensionally accurate product.
Zero pressure extrusion
One common approach is to pre-grind a camber into the top roll to create a "crowning" effect.
'Skew' rolls for more uniform sheet: Processing Technologies International (PTI) LLC, Aurora, III., has developed a special device to compensate for roll deflection that
One step in that direction is the TransBelt from Albany International, a type of extended center roll cover that makes it possible to have a pick-up transfer with suction roll to the dryer section.
A "shoe in" for printing papers: in 20 years, shoe presses have grown from an experimental technology to the press of choice for new and rebuilt paper machines