rope in
Britishverb
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to persuade to take part in some activity
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to trick or entice into some activity
Example Sentences
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I saw the same woman jumping rope in front of the outdoor Twister game every morning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025
If all of this sounds tiring, rope in one of your kids to help you out.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 14, 2025
“They shouldn’t be the rope in this tug of war game that’s going on,” said Nick Daniels, president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association.
From Salon ● Nov. 6, 2025
To rope in its first users, people who registered their neighborhood on the platform had to get 10 people to verify that they lived there.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2025
The friendly man untied the rope from the least sorry of the rowboats, put the rope in Johnny’s hand, wished him luck and went back to his shack.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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