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    ROPE IN

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Draw in as if with a rope; lureplay

    Example:

    The agent had roped in several customers

    Classified under:

    Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

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

    persuade (cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s somebody
    Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Divide by means of a ropeplay

    Example:

    The police roped off the area where the crime occurred

    Synonyms:

    cordon off; rope in; rope off

    Classified under:

    Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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

    close in; enclose; inclose; shut in (surround completely)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody PP
    Somebody ----s something PP
    Somebody ----s something with something

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