ROPE IN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rope in mean? 

• ROPE IN (verb)
  The verb ROPE IN has 2 senses:

1. divide by means of a rope

2. draw in as if with a rope; lure

  Familiarity information: ROPE IN used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROPE IN (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Divide by means of a rope

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

cordon off; rope in; rope off

Context example:

The police roped off the area where the crime occurred

Hypernyms (to "rope in" is one way to...):

close in; enclose; inclose; shut in (surround completely)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s something with something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Draw in as if with a rope; lure

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

The agent had roped in several customers

Hypernyms (to "rope in" is one way to...):

persuade (cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE

 Context examples 

Plenty hide rope in Indian village.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Finally he took the bell-rope in his hand and gave it a brisk tug.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

When he gets home, he has the rope in his hand, and there is no longer anything hanging on to it.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

How dared he pull at a bell-rope in that reckless fashion?

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Heave in! Lively! All hands tail on!” Wolf Larsen shouted, springing himself to the rope in advance of the quickest.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Then, I saw him standing alone, in a seaman's frock and trousers: a rope in his hand, or slung to his wrist: another round his body: and several of the best men holding, at a little distance, to the latter, which he laid out himself, slack upon the shore, at his feet.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)