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fast rope

fast rope verb: to slide down a rope as a means of descending to the ground, especially from a hovering helicopter.

Verb

fast rope (third-person singular simple present fast ropes, present participle fast roping, simple past and past participle fast roped)

  1. (US) To slide down a rope as a means of descending to the ground, especially from a hovering helicopter

Forms of fast rope

third-person singular presentfast ropes
present participlefast roping
past participlefast roped
pastfast roped

Questions about fast rope

What does fast rope mean?
Fast rope means to slide down a rope as a means of descending to the ground, especially from a hovering helicopter.
What part of speech is fast rope?
Fast rope is a verb.
What is the past tense of fast rope?
The past tense of fast rope is fast roped.

Words near fast rope in the dictionary

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  3. fast radio bursts
  4. fast reactor
  5. fast reactors
  6. fast rope
  7. fast roped
  8. fast ropes
  9. fast roping
  10. Fast SCSI
  11. fast sheet

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