lasso
noun
a long rope or line of hide or other material with a running noose at one end, used for roping horses, cattle, etc.
had lassoed
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past perfectof lasso.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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“I could tell when he had lassoed the dog because the crowd kind of, yay, applauded,” chief ranger Mark Thompson, who helped in the rescue, said Tuesday.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 1, 2014
“I could tell when he had lassoed the dog because the crowd kind of — ‘Yay!’ — applauded,” chief ranger Mark Thompson, who helped in the rescue, said Tuesday.
From Washington Post
It remained to be seen whether he had lassoed inflation.
From Time Magazine Archive
She reined in her horse like a cowboy who had lassoed a steer and, throwing the bridle over the branch of an orange-tree, tripped into my living-room, where I was writing.
From White Shadows in the South Seas by O'Brien, Frederick
When they saw us they took us, I believe, for devils, and it was not until we had lassoed the strongest that we were able to overpower them.
From With Cochrane the Dauntless by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
