rope sth/somewhere off
— phrasal verb with rope /rəʊp/
/roʊp/ verb [T usually + adv/prep] Definition
› to surround an area or place with ropes in order to keep people out: The police roped off the scene of the crime.Isolating and separating
(Definition of rope sth/somewhere off from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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