roll deep

phrase

Published on April 10, 2016, 6:35 a.m.

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

(occasionally "roll one deep", meaning "alone")

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

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

Rhymes creep, sleep, streets

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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