What does rope in mean?

rope in means "divide by means of a rope". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for rope in?

Close synonyms include rope off, cordon off. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rope in a common word?

rope in is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Rope in — meaning, 2 senses and 2 synonyms

verb

2 sensesAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
divide by means of a rope
“The police roped off the area where the crime occurred”
Synonymsrope off cordon off
Broaderenclose
2.
draw in as if with a rope; lure
“The agent had roped in several customers”
Broaderpersuade

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