rope in
rope in verb: to cause (someone) to become involved in something they are reluctant to do; to draw into something.
Verb
rope in (third-person singular simple present ropes in, present participle roping in, simple past and past participle roped in)
- To cause (someone) to become involved in something they are reluctant to do; to draw into something.
- In March last year, the Supreme Court had set aside its own 2009 judgment and set six convicts free, who were earlier sent to death row. […] The Supreme Court said the six men were falsely implicated and roped in by the police.2020 August 30, “Denotified 68 Years Ago, ‘Criminal’ Tribes Still Fight Stigma, Poverty”, in Outlook India, archived from the original on 04 Sep 2020
Forms of rope in
| third-person singular present | ropes in |
|---|---|
| present participle | roping in |
| past participle | roped in |
| past | roped in |
Words formed from rope in
Questions about rope in
- What does rope in mean?
- Rope in means to cause (someone) to become involved in something they are reluctant to do; to draw into something.
- What part of speech is rope in?
- Rope in is a verb.
- What is the past tense of rope in?
- The past tense of rope in is roped in.
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