rope off

verb

roped off; roping off; ropes off

: to separate (an area) from another area with rope

The police roped off the street for the summer festival.

Part of the exhibit had been roped off.

Examples of rope off in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Video from the scene showed a heavy police presence and a large area around the station roped off with caution tape. — Thomas Mates, Baltimore Sun, 8 Sep. 2026

Shopping malls across the country are roping off parking spaces closest to main entrances and food courts to make a few extra bucks. — Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026

Aerial images showed part of a cul-de-sac roped off with police tape and a black sedan appearing to be in the center of the investigation scene. — Austin Turner, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026

Sculptures whimsically assembled from chairs, lamps, and a filing cabinet pulled from Cultural Center storage get roped off by floor tape that cleverly extends the artworks themselves, upending standard museum practice while also sticking to it. — Lori Waxman, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for rope off

• cerenkov
• ashraf
• checkoff
• cutoff
• falloff
• handoff
• kickoff
• layoff
• liftoff
• markoff
• markov
• payoff