2rope verb
ropes; roped; rop·ing [+ obj] 1 always followed by an adverb or preposition : to bind, fasten, or tie (something or someone) with a rope
▪ The dog was roped to the fence. ▪ The boats were roped together at the dock. ▪ Mountain climbers often rope themselves together for safety. 2 chiefly US : to catch (an animal) by throwing a circle of rope around it : lasso
▪ He tried to rope the calf. 3 informal : to use clever or tricky methods to get (someone) to do something — + in or into ▪ I didn't want to go to the party, but my friends somehow roped me in. ▪ My friends roped me into going to the party. ▪ I always seem to get roped into driving.
▪ The dog was roped to the fence. ▪ The boats were roped together at the dock. ▪ Mountain climbers often rope themselves together for safety.
▪ He tried to rope the calf.
rope off [phrasal verb]
rope off (something) or rope (something) off : to separate (an area) from another area with rope
▪ The police roped off the street for the summer festival. ▪ Part of the exhibit had been roped off.
▪ The police roped off the street for the summer festival. ▪ Part of the exhibit had been roped off.
