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• rope off — verb divide by means of a rope The police roped off the area where the crime occurred • Syn: ↑rope in, ↑cordon off • Hypernyms: ↑enclose, ↑close in, ↑inclose, ↑shut in …   Useful english dictionary

• rope off — PHRASAL VERB If you rope off an area, you tie ropes between posts all around its edges so that people cannot enter it without permission. [V P n (not pron)] You should rope off a big field and sell tickets. [V ed P] ...a large roped off area.… …   English dictionary

• rope off — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms rope off : present tense I/you/we/they rope off he/she/it ropes off present participle roping off past tense roped off past participle roped off to enclose an area using ropes, usually because of danger The… …   English dictionary

• rope — rope1 W3S3 [rəup US roup] n [: Old English; Origin: rap] 1.) [U and C] very strong thick string, made by twisting together many thinner strings ▪ They tied a rope around my waist and pulled me up. ▪ The man was coiling a length of rope. 2.) the… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• rope — rope1 [ roup ] noun ** 1. ) count or uncount a type of very thick string that can be used for tying or pulling things: One of the men tied a rope to a tree. 2. ) count a lot of small objects tied together on a string: a rope of pearls at the end… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• area — n. 1) to close off, rope off an area 2) an assembly, staging; built up; catchment; disaster; distressed; drainage; impacted ( crowded with federal employees ); metropolitan, urban; residential; rural; service area 3) (soccer) a penalty area 4)… …   Combinatory dictionary

• rope in — verb 1. divide by means of a rope The police roped off the area where the crime occurred • Syn: ↑rope off, ↑cordon off • Hypernyms: ↑enclose, ↑close in, ↑inclose, ↑shut in …   Useful english dictionary

• Rope Jousting — is a sporting competition between two jousters, that resembles a Tug of war. In this event, two Cinder blocks are placed a distance apart. The two jousters stand upon the blocks with a rope stretched between them. The objective for each jouster… …   Wikipedia

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• rope something off — ˌrope sthˈoff derived to separate an area from another one, using ropes, to stop people from entering it • Police roped off the street to investigate the accident. Main entry: ↑ropederived …   Useful english dictionary

• rope — 1 noun 1 (C, U) very strong, thick string, made by twisting together many threads of nylon or other material: They tied up the prisoner with rope. | a bell rope 2 know the ropes to know how to do all the parts of a job, deal with a system etc,… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English