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ROPE DOWN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Descend by means of a rappel

Example:

You have to learn how to abseil when you want to do technical climbing

Synonyms:

abseil; rappel; rope down

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "rope down" is one way to...):

come down; descend; fall; go down (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way)

"Rope down" entails doing...:

mountaineer (climb mountains for pleasure as a sport)

Domain category:

athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

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