roll deep

phrase

Published on April 4, 2020, 5:07 a.m.

to be in or act as a group, often of a specified number

Collocates club², posse², Audi, ayo, back, boogie-down, boomin, Caddy, Calico, Chi-town, chief, chill, clique, creep, dunn, gangstress, gat, hella, llama, low-low, mob, presidential, punk, roll, snitch, weed, whip, yo

Etymology Derives from roll

Synonyms mob

Related concepts bumrush, clique, crew, gang, push, ride

Related words deep, roll on, roll out, roll up, roll with

Timeline

1989-02-07 2 Live Crew "Coolin'" [As Nasty As They Wanna Be]
Rollin' two deep as I drop the top
1990-05-24 Compton's Most Wanted "Rhymes Too Funky Pt. 1" [It's A Compton Thang]
Compton's Most Wanted, punk, rollin four deep
1990-10-09 Paris "The Hate That Hade Made" [The Devil Made Me Do It]
Rollin twenty-five deep, troop down in a parking lot

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