ROPE (IN) Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

rope (in)

verb

Definition of rope (in)

as in to draw in

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Verb

Egypt beat Australia on penalties after a 1-1 draw in Dallas.

— Nick Miller, New York Times, 4 July 2026
Cape Verde advanced after recording a draw in all three group games, while Argentina (ranked second by FIFA) won all three of its matches, with Messi playing a starring role.

— Mark Hodge, NBC news, 3 July 2026

Definition of draw in

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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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The theory is that the deluge, which broke January daily rainfall records for Sydney, flushed sewage and other waste into the nearby coastal waters, attracting baitfish, which in turn lured sharks closer to shore.

— Sam Nichols, Scientific American, 8 July 2026
To lure the Panthers to Rock Hill, the city had agreed to give up its full share of fee revenue for that incentive deal.

— John Marks, Charlotte Observer, 8 July 2026

Definition of lure

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That book is a revenge fantasy about the former art school professor who seduced her, discarded her and destroyed her confidence as a painter.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 2 July 2026
The writer thinks that the person seducing the main character is just some flotsam, hardly worth a second look.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 June 2026

Definition of seduce

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