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ROPE UP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rope up mean?
• ROPE UP (verb)
The verb ROPE UP has 1 sense:
1. attach to one another, for safety
Familiarity information: ROPE UP used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Attach to one another, for safety
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
The mountaineers roped up when they started the final ascent
Hypernyms (to "rope up" is one way to...):
fasten; fix; secure (cause to be firmly attached)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
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