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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
rope .
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Examples
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For one, I've always hated the idea of roped-off V.I.P. areas at events.
The Inside Story Behind the Vanity Fair Oscar Party Carter, Graydon 2005
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Since they were mostly strong, brave men at that time, many were "roped" into fighting for their country.
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Since they were mostly strong, brave men at that time, many were "roped" into fighting for their country.
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The area we were consigned to was 'roped' off with one strand of plastic tape that a baby could break. 150 police officers attempted to justify the waste of man power by checking bags and denying fluids to travel into the taped off area.
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I liked better some of the tricks they were trying in practice sessions, particularly where one woman whipped her scarf over another's head and kind of roped her in with it.
Tonya Plank: Web & Club Dance Phenomena Reinvented on America's Best Dance Crew, Week 3 2008
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That eventually lifted and then a second tornado formed and more of a sort of elephant trunk and kind of roped out.
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His gay pony when "roped" of a frosty morning would skate him all across and about the plains if it were not for these heels.
Wolfville Nights Alfred Henry Lewis 1885
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Her mother first carded it into rolls, and then Patty "roped" it, and spun it on a wheel; but the spindle was so high up that she was obliged to have a board to walk back and forth upon.
Little Grandmother Sophie May 1869
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Indians had "roped" him -- in other words, had caught him with their lazoes.
The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse Mayne Reid 1850
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Eventually, the landlady "roped" Medrich into the kitchen, where she helped produce the bite-sized chocolate truffles.
chron.com Chronicle 2011
GHibbs commented on the word roped
My adjectival use: 'Stay inside the roped area.'
August 20, 2011
bilby commented on the word roped
Please park your moped inside the roped area.
August 21, 2011