"roll off the tongue" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1914, Julian Hawthorne, chapter 5, in The Subterranean Brotherhood",
          "text": "\"Coddling criminals\"—the alliteration makes it roll pleasantly off the tongue!",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1915, Joseph A. Altsheler, chapter 14, in The Rock of Chickamauga",
          "text": "[H]e repeated under his breath: \"The Rock of Chickamauga! The Rock of Chickamauga!\" It rolled resoundingly off the tongue, and he liked it.",
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        {
          "ref": "1978 November 20, “Dance: Fungus, Fantasy and Fun”, in Time",
          "text": "Pilobolus is a word so fine and fat as it rolls off the tongue that, like a kitten or a May morning, it needs no meaning.",
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        {
          "ref": "1986, Marc Jordan, John Capek, “Rhythm of My Heart”, in Vagabond Heart, performed by Rod Stewart, published 1991",
          "text": "Oh, the rhythm of my heart / Is beatin' like a drum / With the words \"I love you\" / Rolling off my tongue",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 July 14, Kate Murphy, “Eric Stonestreet”, in New York Times, retrieved 2012-08-14",
          "text": "I'm a fan of Aaron Sorkin. . . . I just like the way his dialogue rolls off the tongue. I like to hear people say the words he writes.",
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        "To proceed into oral expression in a manner which is fluent, appealing, or glib."
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        "(idiomatic, of words, speech, etc.) To proceed into oral expression in a manner which is fluent, appealing, or glib."
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        {
          "word": "roll off one's tongue"
        },
        {
          "word": "roll from the tongue"
        },
        {
          "word": "roll from one's tongue"
        },
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          "word": "run from the tongue"
        },
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          "word": "run off the tongue"
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          "word": "trip from the tongue"
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          "word": "trip off the tongue"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "proceed into oral expression in a manner which is fluent",
          "word": "soljua"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sryvatʹsja s jazyka",
          "sense": "proceed into oral expression in a manner which is fluent",
          "word": "срываться с языка"
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        },
        {
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          "ref": "1978 November 20, “Dance: Fungus, Fantasy and Fun”, in Time",
          "text": "Pilobolus is a word so fine and fat as it rolls off the tongue that, like a kitten or a May morning, it needs no meaning.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1986, Marc Jordan, John Capek, “Rhythm of My Heart”, in Vagabond Heart, performed by Rod Stewart, published 1991",
          "text": "Oh, the rhythm of my heart / Is beatin' like a drum / With the words \"I love you\" / Rolling off my tongue",
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        },
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          "ref": "2012 July 14, Kate Murphy, “Eric Stonestreet”, in New York Times, retrieved 2012-08-14",
          "text": "I'm a fan of Aaron Sorkin. . . . I just like the way his dialogue rolls off the tongue. I like to hear people say the words he writes.",
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        "To proceed into oral expression in a manner which is fluent, appealing, or glib."
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        "(idiomatic, of words, speech, etc.) To proceed into oral expression in a manner which is fluent, appealing, or glib."
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      "word": "roll off one's tongue"
    },
    {
      "word": "roll from the tongue"
    },
    {
      "word": "roll from one's tongue"
    },
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    {
      "word": "run off the tongue"
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    {
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "proceed into oral expression in a manner which is fluent",
      "word": "soljua"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sryvatʹsja s jazyka",
      "sense": "proceed into oral expression in a manner which is fluent",
      "word": "срываться с языка"
    }
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  "word": "roll off the tongue"
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