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rope

R0303400 (rōp)n.1. A flexible heavy cord of tightly intertwined hemp or other fiber.2. A string of items attached in one line, especially by twisting or braiding: a rope of onions.3. A sticky glutinous formation of stringy matter in a liquid.4. a. A cord with a noose at one end for hanging a person.b. Execution or death by hanging: to die by the rope.5. A lasso or lariat.6. ropes Sports Several cords strung between poles to enclose a boxing or wrestling ring.7. ropes Informal Specialized procedures or details: learn the ropes; know the ropes.8. Baseball A line drive.v. roped, rop·ing, ropes tr.v.1. To tie, fasten, or attach with a rope or other cord.2. To enclose, separate, or partition with a rope or other cord: rope off the scene of the crime.3. To catch with a rope or lasso.4. Informal To persuade or manipulate (someone): My boss roped me into attending the ceremony.Phrasal Verbs: rope down1. To descend using a rope, as from a cliff or a hovering helicopter.2. To lower (something) by means of a rope. rope up1. To climb a steep slope or dangerous area using a rope.2. To attach climbers to a rope for safety: roped up before crossing the glacier.Idiom: on the ropes1. Sports Knocked against the ropes that enclose a boxing ring.2. On the verge of defeat or collapse; hopeless or powerless.

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[Middle English, from Old English rāp.]

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rop′er n.

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rope down - lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside; "The ascent was easy--roping down the mountain would be much more difficult and dangerous"; "You have to learn how to abseil when you want to do technical climbing"abseil, rappelathletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competitioncome down, descend, go down, fall - move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"