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ropenoun

uk ​ /rəʊp/ us ​ /roʊp/

B2 [ C or U ] (a piece of) strong, thick string made of long twisted threads:

A sailor threw a rope ashore and we tied the boat to a post.
a coil of rope

› [ C ] several of one type of object connected together on a string:

a rope of garlic
a rope of pearls
the ropes [ plural ]

› thick rope which surrounds an area used for boxing (= sport in which two people hit each other) or wrestling:

The middleweight boxing champion had his opponent up against the ropes.

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Idiom(s)

learn/know the ropes
on the ropes
show/teach sb the ropes

ropeverb [ T usually + adv/prep ]

uk ​ /rəʊp/ us ​ /roʊp/

Phrasal verb(s)

rope sb in
rope sth/somewhere off

(Definition of “rope” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

"rope" in American English

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ropenoun [ C/U ]

us ​ /roʊp/

› a strong, thick cord made of twisted fibers

Idiom(s)

on the ropes
the ropes

ropeverb [ T ]

us ​ /roʊp/

› to tie something with rope:

We roped the box to the top of the car.

› To rope something off is to put rope or cord around it to keep it separate:

[ M ] The site has been marked with “No Trespassing” signs and areas have been roped off.

Phrasal verb(s)

rope someone into something
rope someone in

(Definition of “rope” from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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