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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

rope in en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To cause (someone) to become involved in something they are reluctant to do; to draw into something.
    • In March last year, the Supreme Court had set aside its own 2009 judgment and set six convicts free, who were earlier sent to death row. […] The Supreme Court said the six men were falsely implicated and roped in by the police. 2020 August 30, “Denotified 68 Years Ago, ‘Criminal’ Tribes Still Fight Stigma, Poverty”, in Outlook India, archived from the original on 04 Sep 2020:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
roping in Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
roped in Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
roped in Tense=Past lexicographic
ropes in Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

roper-in

Relateds

rope into

Translations (6)

es llevar en la balastra (to cause (someone) to become involved in something) · es agarrar (to cause (someone) to become involved in something) · wa racanozer (to cause (someone) to become involved in something) · es enganchar (to cause (someone) to become involved in something) · es meter (to cause (someone) to become involved in something) · de heranziehen (to cause (someone) to become involved in something)