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ROPE IN
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Draw in as if with a rope; lure
Example:
The agent had roped in several customers
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
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
Sense 2
Meaning:
Divide by means of a rope
Example:
The police roped off the area where the crime occurred
Synonyms:
cordon off; rope in; rope off
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
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
