Proceed
Proceed verb - To move forward along a course.
Roll and proceed are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Roll" instead a verb "Proceed".
Nearby Word: proceeding
Roll
Roll verb - To form into a round compact mass.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Thankfully there's a neverending supply of train cars, which proceed to roll in from offscreen and attach themself to any of the remaining ones whenever one is destroyed.
Source: Traintop Battle - Even if you succeed, the Soviets nuke it anyway, with a MIDAS rocket you overlooked, and then proceed to roll over Germany and France.
Source: Video Game / Mental Omega - Beatrix Potter's The Tale of the Roly-Poly Pudding involves Tom Kitten getting trapped behind the walls of his own house and being caught by a pair of rats, who proceed to tie him up with string and roll him into a kitten-roly-poly.
Source: Primal Fear
Cite this Source
Roll and Proceed. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/proceed/roll
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Roll or Proceed. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/proceed/roll.
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