roll with the punches

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English

Verb

roll with the punches (third-person singular simple present rolls with the punches, present participle rolling with the punches, simple past and past participle rolled with the punches)

  1. Alternative form of ride with the punches
    • 2011, Lenka, Ben H. Allen, “Roll with the Punches”, in Two, performed by Lenka:
      When life tries to knock all the wind out of you / You've got to roll, roll, roll with the punches / If all life offers is black and blue / You've got to roll, roll, roll with the punches
    • 2023 September 30, Hannah Murphy, “The wildest job in Silicon Valley”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 17:
      You will not to get to control Elon, you have to roll with the punches and channel him.