Wordnet 3.0
VERB (2)
1.
divide by means of a rope;
- Example: "The police roped off the area where the crime occurred"[syn: rope in, rope off, cordon off]
2. draw in as if with a rope; lure;
- Example: "The agent had roped in several customers"
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
rope in
v 1: divide by means of a rope; "The police roped off the area
where the crime occurred" [syn: rope in, rope off,
cordon off]
2: draw in as if with a rope; lure; "The agent had roped in
several customers"