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ROPE UP
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Attach to one another, for safety
Example:
The mountaineers roped up when they started the final ascent
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "rope up" is one way to...):
fasten; fix; secure (cause to be firmly attached)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody