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ROPE DOWN
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Example:
You have to learn how to abseil when you want to do technical climbing
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "rope down" is one way to...):
come down; descend; fall; go down (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way)
"Rope down" entails doing...:
mountaineer (climb mountains for pleasure as a sport)
Domain category:
athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s