rope in

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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
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
- Somebody ----s something PP
- Somebody ----s something with something
2. draw in as if with a rope;
lure
- The agent had roped in several customers
• Hypernyms:
persuade
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE