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

During the season from March to October, the shoreline is pockmarked with turtle nests that are roped off with pink tape to keep beachgoers from unknowingly trampling them. —Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 25 Dec. 2025

The depth varies — one end is a kiddie splash pool while part of the middle is roped off for a diving board. —Npr Staff, NPR, 18 Dec. 2025

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

Rhymes for rope off

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