to rope in
2
5.4
- phrasal verb
- /roʊp ɪn/
- Informal
:
convencer
- I had to rope in my friends to join the charity event even though they were reluctant.
You know, the typical BS they do to rope you in.
- You know, the typical BS they do to rope you in.
- So I'm using this YouTube channel as an excuse to rope my mom in to help me because I know it's true.
- So I kicked and screamed every way possible and was roped back in, like, the most brutally harsh way.
- And often times I see some click bait headline and I click it because, you know, it's juicy and it ropes me in.
Examples
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You ought to be out there roping in as many people into the Church, including people who don't want to be, because you just never know, Maybe their kids will be.
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"Mac," she added, "don't get roped in." p42
Fiction book (1990) -
And then I get roped in to some meeting type deal that I want zero, and I mean zero part of.
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The Exec told me to rope you in.
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So I'm using this YouTube channel as an excuse to rope my mom in to help me because I know it's true.
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Or I'll be roping in my mum to present because she will make me look cleverer than I really am.
Blog text (27) -
You roped me in on that Battlestar webisode part one.
Blog text (8) -
Some even admit that even now, for last-minute bookings, they're forced to rope in well-educated taxi drivers as a last resort.
Blog text (6) -
We've just been having a little cup of tea and a catch up with Joseph Sugg and now we've roped him in to help with the tree.
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Somehow she managed to rope in Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, Glenn Beck, and Tucker into this montage.
Synonyms
270
3.7
To get someone to do something by offering a reward or making false promises
236
3.0
Make someone agree to do something by giving reasons
149
4.2
To try to make someone do something
61
4.9
To persuade someone to do something by offering something they want
54
4.1
To gently persuade someone by being kind and patient
15
7.7
To persuade someone to do something by gentle talk and praise
4
7.7
To persuade someone who does not want to do something to do it
1
4.4
Offer a small reward to make someone do something
1
4.4
Get someone to agree or do something by pressuring them
1
7.9
Talk strongly to someone to try to persuade them
1
6.8
To persuade someone to do something they would not do on their own
To persuade someone to accept your idea or plan
Antonyms
How Persuaded
- Offensive
91
6.4
256
3.2
- Informal
2
5.4
472
2.7
∞
2.3
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense 'to enclose or mark an area by placing a rope around it' is directly inferable from 'rope' (a cord for tying) plus 'in' (indicating being inside or within boundaries); the particle simply marks the area as the enclosed/inside space. This composition follows a straightforward English verb + particle pattern and is easily deducible by a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Rope in may come from the image of using a rope to pull something in, like catching a cow and bringing it close. So, to rope someone in means 'to persuade someone to take part' by pulling them into an activity.