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ROPE DOWN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rope down mean?
• ROPE DOWN (verb)
The verb ROPE DOWN has 1 sense:
1. descend by means of a rappel
Familiarity information: ROPE DOWN used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Descend by means of a rappel
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
Context example:
You have to learn how to abseil when you want to do technical climbing
Hypernyms (to "rope down" is one way to...):
come down; descend; fall; go down (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way)
"Rope down" entails doing...:
mountaineer (climb mountains for pleasure as a sport)
Domain category:
athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
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