rope off
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rope off — index demarcate, isolate, seclude Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
rope off — verb divide by means of a rope The police roped off the area where the crime occurred • Syn: ↑rope in, ↑cordon off • Hypernyms: ↑enclose, ↑close in, ↑inclose, ↑shut in … Useful english dictionary
rope off — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms rope off : present tense I/you/we/they rope off he/she/it ropes off present participle roping off past tense roped off past participle roped off to enclose an area using ropes, usually because of danger The… … English dictionary
rope off — PHRASAL VERB If you rope off an area, you tie ropes between posts all around its edges so that people cannot enter it without permission. [V P n (not pron)] You should rope off a big field and sell tickets. [V ed P] ...a large roped off area.… … English dictionary
rope off — {v. phr.} To divide into sections by use of a rope. * /The police roped off the section of the street where the president was expected to jog./ … Dictionary of American idioms
rope off — {v. phr.} To divide into sections by use of a rope. * /The police roped off the section of the street where the president was expected to jog./ … Dictionary of American idioms
rope\ off — v. phr. To divide into sections by use of a rope. The police roped off the section of the street where the president was expected to jog … Словарь американских идиом
rope off — Synonyms and related words: bound, circle in, circumscribe, cordon, cordon off, define, delimit, delimitate, demarcate, determine, enclose, fix, isolate, lay off, mark boundaries, mark off, mark out, mark the periphery, quarantine, seal off,… … Moby Thesaurus
Rope — Rope, v. t. 1. To bind, fasten, or tie with a rope or cord; as, to rope a bale of goods. Hence: [1913 Webster] 2. To connect or fasten together, as a party of mountain climbers, with a rope. [1913 Webster] 3. To partition, separate, or divide off … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
rope — rope1 W3S3 [rəup US roup] n [: Old English; Origin: rap] 1.) [U and C] very strong thick string, made by twisting together many thinner strings ▪ They tied a rope around my waist and pulled me up. ▪ The man was coiling a length of rope. 2.) the… … Dictionary of contemporary English
rope in — verb 1. divide by means of a rope The police roped off the area where the crime occurred • Syn: ↑rope off, ↑cordon off • Hypernyms: ↑enclose, ↑close in, ↑inclose, ↑shut in … Useful english dictionary
