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ropes into

ropes into is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rope into.

Meaning of rope into

Verb

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

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rope, into.
    • They could be quickly strapped into the jump-seats with seatbelts, rather than roping them into the bed of the truck in a downpour.2010, Kurt Lewis Allen, The Service, →ISBN, page 202
  2. To inveigle someone into (doing something) that they are reluctant to do.
    • Efforts to contain the discontent in the plants through the creation of new bargaining institutions gave the unions an apprenticeship in institution building without roping them into a defense of the status quo;1982, Charles F. Sabel, Work and Politics: The Division of Labour in Industry, →ISBN, page 157

Questions about ropes into

What is ropes into the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Ropes into is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rope into.

Words near ropes into in the dictionary

  1. ropes
  2. ropes course
  3. ropes courses
  4. Ropes Crossing
  5. ropes in
  6. ropes into
  7. ropes of sand
  8. ropes off
  9. ropes out
  10. ropes up
  11. ropesman

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