rope off

1. 1.

   divide by means of a rope

   “The police roped off the area where the crime occurred”

   Synonymsrope incordon off

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Questions about rope off

What does rope off mean?

rope off means "divide by means of a rope".

What is another word for rope off?

Close synonyms include rope in, 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 off a common word?

rope off 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.