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Hello,

I am looking for a verb which means to slowly take off skirt or pants. Can I use "roll down"?

What do you think about this?

She slowly rolled down her skirt before flopping onto the bed.
 

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We don't roll down skirts or pants.

We roll down car windows. We roll up rugs, sleeves, and cuffs.

If a car window, a rug, sleeves, or cuffs are rolled up, then we can roll them down.
 

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I would say slowly took off/removed/slid down.
 
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"roll down one's stockings" might be used in older/erotic literature.
 

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So what is a verb that I can use which means to slowly take off pants or skirt?
 

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I can't think of one. I'm afraid you're stuck with "slowly take off" or "slowly remove".
 

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She slowly slipped off/out of her skirt?
 

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peeled off or stripped off

Neither necessarily implies slowness by themselves. You'd need to add something like 'slowly' or 'seductively', etc.
 

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Also, remember that things can be rolled slowly or quickly. To tell us the speed, it needs an adverb.
 
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