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rope up

rope up verb: to tie up using a rope.

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To tie up using a rope.
  2. (intransitive) To attach oneself to a rope.

Forms of rope up

third-person singular presentropes up
present participleroping up
past participleroped up
pastroped up

Questions about rope up

What does rope up mean?
Rope up means to tie up using a rope.
What part of speech is rope up?
Rope up is a verb.
What is the past tense of rope up?
The past tense of rope up is roped up.

Words near rope up in the dictionary

  1. rope tornadoes
  2. rope trick
  3. rope tricks
  4. rope twist
  5. rope twists
  6. rope up
  7. rope wall
  8. rope walls
  9. rope winch
  10. rope winches
  11. rope worm

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