Synonyms

rope in

British

verb

to persuade to take part in some activity
to trick or entice into some activity

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rope in Idioms

Also, rope into. Lure or entice someone into doing something, as in We didn't want to spend the night there, but we got roped in by my lonely aunt, or The salesman tried to rope us into buying some worthless real estate. These expressions allude to catching an animal by throwing a rope around it. [Mid-1800s]

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There is always another velvet rope in Hollywood.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

Alex Honnold, who scaled El Capitan in California's Yosemite National Park without a rope in 2017, said on Saturday: "Sadly it's raining in Taipei right now so I don't get to go climbing."

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026

Snapchat’s initial focus on disappearing messages made it tougher for the company to rope in advertisers because people typically don’t want to see ads in the middle of a private conversation.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2025

If all of this sounds tiring, rope in one of your kids to help you out.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 14, 2025

Virgil remembered the last time he’d jumped rope in gym class.

From "Hello, Universe" by Erin Entrada Kelly

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rope in

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