roll off
To roll and fall or move off a surface, OR for words to come out of your mouth very easily.
Meanings
To fall or move off a surface by rolling.
"The apple rolled off the table and bounced across the kitchen floor."
(Of words, sounds, or language) to be produced easily, smoothly, and naturally.
"Her name was beautiful — it just rolled off the tongue."
(Of products) to come off an assembly or production line in a continuous flow.
"Thousands of new cars roll off the production line every day."
The 'roll off the tongue' expression is very common and means language that is easy and pleasant to say. Industrial use: products 'roll off the assembly line/production line' — very standard business/manufacturing language. Also used for water rolling off a waterproof surface.
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