rope off

phrasal 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

Both The Outpost and Thornton Plaza were roped off by authorities in the wake of the shooting, but police were focused on the front exterior of Monkey Space on Sunday morning, a building riddled with bullet holes. —Kathleen Quinn, Sacbee.com, 1 Dec. 2025

For weeks it’s been roped off with this caution tape and still hasn’t been fixed but the light hits it beautifully. —Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 28 Nov. 2025

Friends, family and top donors of Sheffield’s are seated at tables in two roped off VIP areas flanking the stage. —Dana Afana, Freep.com, 5 Nov. 2025

The day after the fatal shooting, a USA TODAY reporter was able to walk around in the small wooded area behind the building where the suspect shot from, and witnessed FBI agents collecting evidence from the crime scene, which did not get roped off until nearly 24 hours after the shooting. —Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2025

Rhymes for rope off

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