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roll downhill vs roll down the hill

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Roll downhill' is used to describe the action of something rolling in a downward direction without specifying a specific hill, while 'roll down the hill' is used when referring to a specific hill that the object is rolling down.

Last updated: March 22, 2024 • 748 views

roll downhill

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to describe the action of something rolling in a downward direction without specifying a specific hill.

This phrase is used when you want to describe the general action of something rolling in a downward direction, without specifying a particular hill or slope.

Examples:

  • The ball started to roll downhill.
  • The snowball rolled downhill, gaining speed as it went.
  • The car's brakes failed, causing it to roll downhill uncontrollably.
  • The consequences for their actions roll downhill.
  • And you know what rolls downhill.
  • If the wheel rolls downhill, let it go,
  • We are on the tipping point exactly now, things can roll very fast downhill if we want it to go downhill.

Alternatives:

  • roll down a slope
  • roll down a mountainside
  • roll down a gentle incline
  • roll down a steep embankment
  • roll down a grassy hill

roll down the hill

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English when referring to a specific hill that the object is rolling down.

This phrase is used when you want to specify a particular hill or slope that something is rolling down.

Examples:

  • The children rolled down the hill in the park.
  • The log rolled down the hill and crashed into the fence.
  • The bike rolled down the hill, picking up speed as it descended.
  • Killer tosses the block, it rolls down the hill the block splits open, exposes the head.
  • They roll the wheel down the hill and you tumble after it.
  • Drum roll... Backwards down the hill!
  • Just as he gets there, the effort becomes too much, the boulder escapes, rolls all the way down the hill, he has to trudge back down to push it up again, and the same thing happens again and again for all eternity.
  • Unless she's willing to jump off a moving train, tuck and roll down the side of a hill, she will eventually succumb to the acquired taste that is ward Wolowitz.
  • Listening to the sound echoing, roll down those hills.
  • And this Japanese macaque has made a snowball, and he or she's going to roll down a hill.
  • You wrote her name down and then big surprise... she rolls her car down a hill and dies.
  • Who's that crazy Greek who pushes a rock up the hill until it rolls down the other side.
  • That guy who tried to push a boulder up the hill, but they continued to roll down' and he had to start over.
  • So he rolls down the window and blows it out.
  • WREN: Roosevelt, roll down the window.
  • Collins swerves, rolls down the embankment.
  • Can you roll down the windows in a helicopter?
  • Just turn off the phone, roll down the window and we'll see if you can hear me.
  • He lopped of his head and every Hallowe'en, it rolls down the castle steps.
  • Just roll down the window, and let me do the talking.
  • Up the hill, then down the hill, then up the hill again.
  • Car pulls up behind him, somebody gets out, walks up, then our fella here, he rolls down the window.
  • Can you roll down the window so we can talk?

Alternatives:

  • roll down the mountain
  • roll down the slope
  • roll down the embankment
  • roll down the grassy hill
  • roll down the rocky incline

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