ROPE (IN) Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

rope (in)

verb

Definition of rope (in)

as in to draw in

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The county purchased a brand new playground in 2022, but that did little to draw in visitors, or at least not the kind the Park and Recreation Department was hoping for.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 1 Aug. 2026
As implied, Ferran didn’t feature in the 2-2 friendly draw in England, where young Egyptian hopeful Hamza Abdelkarim bagged both of the Blaugrana’s goals.

— Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of draw in

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Ted was genuinely out of his depth, the conflicts felt earned, and the show still had to persuade audiences that its relentless optimism wasn’t naïve.

— Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2026
The research body also found that as part of the same effort, the agent tried to contact real people directly, sending messages and files to persuade them to run malicious code.

— Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of persuade

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There are songs for each segment, which include Goofy cleaning up, a dark turn with Daisy in a power outage and snowed-in Pluto.

— Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 May 2026
The food is rustic and cosmopolitan at once — bright, monumental salads, whole carrots and leeks baptized by fire, skeins of pasta, and Parmigiano snowing down — but the secret is the seeming effortlessness.

— Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 11 May 2026

Definition of snow

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Kehoe and other supporters argued that eliminating the income tax would boost the state’s economy and lure new companies and residents to Missouri.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026
Charges say the woman's son orchestrated a robbery targeting Goodsell, using another man's phone and vehicle to lure him.

— WCCO Staff, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of lure

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