Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to rope sth off
Participle: roped sth off
Gerund: roping sth off
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | rope sth off |
| you | rope sth off |
| he;she;it | ropes sth off |
| we | rope sth off |
| you | rope sth off |
| they | rope sth off |
Perfect
| I | have roped sth off |
| you | have roped sth off |
| he;she;it | has roped sth off |
| we | have roped sth off |
| you | have roped sth off |
| they | have roped sth off |
Past
| I | roped sth off |
| you | roped sth off |
| he;she;it | roped sth off |
| we | roped sth off |
| you | roped sth off |
| they | roped sth off |
Pluperfect
| I | had roped sth off |
| you | had roped sth off |
| he;she;it | had roped sth off |
| we | had roped sth off |
| you | had roped sth off |
| they | had roped sth off |
Future
| I | will rope sth off |
| you | will rope sth off |
| he;she;it | will rope sth off |
| we | will rope sth off |
| you | will rope sth off |
| they | will rope sth off |
Future Perfect
| I | will have roped sth off |
| you | will have roped sth off |
| he;she;it | will have roped sth off |
| we | will have roped sth off |
| you | will have roped sth off |
| they | will have roped sth off |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | rope sth off |
| you | rope sth off |
| he;she;it | rope sth off |
| we | rope sth off |
| you | rope sth off |
| they | rope sth off |
Perfect
| I | have roped sth off |
| you | have roped sth off |
| he;she;it | have roped sth off |
| we | have roped sth off |
| you | have roped sth off |
| they | have roped sth off |
Imperfect
| I | roped sth off |
| you | roped sth off |
| he;she;it | roped sth off |
| we | roped sth off |
| you | roped sth off |
| they | roped sth off |
Pluperfect
| I | had roped sth off |
| you | had roped sth off |
| he;she;it | had roped sth off |
| we | had roped sth off |
| you | had roped sth off |
| they | had roped sth off |
Conditional
Present
| I | would rope sth off |
| you | would rope sth off |
| he;she;it | would rope sth off |
| we | would rope sth off |
| you | would rope sth off |
| they | would rope sth off |
Perfect
| I | would have roped sth off |
| you | would have roped sth off |
| he;she;it | would have roped sth off |
| we | would have roped sth off |
| you | would have roped sth off |
| they | would have roped sth off |
Imperative
| you | rope sth off |
| we | Let's rope sth off |
| you | rope sth off |
Verbs conjugated like 'rope'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'rope'
cope,
dope,
grope,
hope,
lope,
mope,
nope,
ope,
pope,
rape,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Etymology
From Middle English ropen, rope (“to form ropes”), from rop (“rope”); see above. See: Middle English '
ropen'.
Sample Sentences
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The robber roped the victims.
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The cowboy roped the calf.
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We roped down to the platform selected for the bivouac; set up our bags and brewed a reasonable meal. [1984, G. F. Dutton, The Ridiculous Mountains, page 153:]
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Let us not hang like roping icicles / Upon our houses' thatch. [1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene v]:]
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Others, a shade more advanced, have been known to bribe a jockey to "hold," "rope" a horse, or a stableman to poison or stupefy him. [1882, Edwin Sharpe Grew, Baden Fletcher Smyth Baden-Powell, Arthur Cowper Ranyard, Knowledge...: A Monthly Record of Science (volume 1, page 132)]
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My life is a mess; I might as well rope.
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In figure 71, the poster Brahcel notes that he “almost roped” because he could not find the community […] [2019, Julia Rose DeCook, anonymous quotee, “Curating the Future: The Sustainability Practices of Online Hate Groups”, in Michigan State University, archived from the original on 05 Sep 2021, page 153:]
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ToxicAlcoholSyndrome explains that his, “dreams are all really depressing and vivid, so… I’m constantly in a bad mood and know in the back of my brain, I need to rope.” [2020 April 26, Joshua A. Segalewitz, “'You Don't Understand... It's Not About Virginity': Sexual Markets, Identity Construction, and Violent Masculinity on an Incel Forum Board”, in University of Dayton, archived from the original on 13 Aug 2023, page 36:]
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Another man wrote that the only reason he hasn't “roped” (incel terminology for death by suicide) is he didn't want to ruin his family's Christmas. [2021, Laura Bates, From Incels to Pickup Artists: The Truth about Extreme Misogyny and How it Affects Us All, unnumbered page:]