I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
jump rope
knows the ropes (= has a lot of experience )
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a decent manager who knows the ropes
loop of wire/rope/string etc
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A loop of wire held the gate shut.
rope ladder
skipping rope
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
long
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Cedar harpoons were clutched in their hands, anchored to the floats by long coils of rope made from cedar bark.
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Ozzie Griffiths, in the car behind, was being pulled by a thirteen foot long tow rope .
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Reaching the ridge, a logjam of bewildered novices develops. Long lengths of rope trail dangerously on the ground.
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It took him six hours to make a long , thin rope , but he had lost all sense of time.
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A man once attempted to descend into the cave on a long rope tied at the surface to a bell.
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All the furniture in it hung from the ceiling by long mouldy ropes and did not quite touch the ground.
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The problem was eventually reduced by putting a headstall on him with a long rope attached.
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Sapt was carrying a long rope and I had a short, thick stick and a long knife.
skipping
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I used to skip to school with a skipping , rope , at skipping time.
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She was holding a suspender in each hand like she had a skipping rope .
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She certainly needed all her expertise one night when the children made their entrance for a skipping rope routine.
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When you have enough cash you can buy training equipment such as a skipping rope , punch bag or robot boxer!
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His mind translates the tick of skipping ropes until the big time fills his head.
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I struggled with a makeshift skipping rope and tried to do a few more press-ups each day; it was not much fun.
thick
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Slowly and carefully he made the thick , pliable rope into a noose.
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Two long thick braids like ropes swung off her head to the bottom of her back.
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The captives' hands were bound with thick metallic rope .
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Beneath the waves, pallets attached to thick ropes house maturing oysters.
■ NOUN
bell
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Jasper stood looking at the bell rope which came out of a small square aperture at what was the base of the campanile.
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He tied it to the hanging bell rope .
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Then the bell rope moved a little, and the lamp on top of the rope moved too.
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There at the end of the bell rope hung the body of the student.
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She reached for the bell rope beside the fire and pulled gently.
guy
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On a windy day, guy ropes were needed to hold the flat scenery upright.
jump
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Sheila Rae, who loves to rip the limbs off of trees, humiliates the kid who steals her jump rope .
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I pounded on the railing until the chain swung like a jump rope .
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On a platform nearby, another man jumps rope before a full-length mirror while a fourth pounds a speed bag.
ladder
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He reports that a trip to Catterick Camp to set up rope ladders on the assault course was heavy going.
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Instead there is a perpendicular rope ladder .
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Talbot, accompanied by Denholm, climbed down a rope ladder to greet the owner.
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The stairs have become rope ladders , with managers clinging desperately for balance.
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As she looked up into the spotlight and the rope ladder unfurled she thought the Chinooks had come for her.
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The police crew secured a line to the bow, then dropped a rope ladder over the side.
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Occasional rope ladders snake across an intersecting highway where monkeys need safe crossing.
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Coverdale worked on generating team spirit and inter-dependence - including manoeuvres on Salisbury Plain that involved treasure hunts and making rope ladders .
tow
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The tow rope sprang taut, plucking the dinghy clear as the swell broke, thundering forward on to the waiting coral.
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The boy Ezra was kneeling over the stern with the tow rope tangled in his hands.
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Ozzie Griffiths, in the car behind, was being pulled by a thirteen foot long tow rope .
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Loi was on the bow, keeping watch on the tow rope .
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We would have the tow rope ready when the fishing boat went past us.
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He felt the tug of the tow rope .
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Nick and I laid out tow ropes to the bow of the raft, and cajoled bystanders to lend a hand.
■ VERB
attach
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Beneath the waves, pallets attached to thick ropes house maturing oysters.
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But a wave had plucked away the bucket, leaving only the handle attached to its rope .
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Then he attached a rope to it and scuttered down to tie the other end on to the front axle of the Golf.
climb
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Talbot, accompanied by Denholm, climbed down a rope ladder to greet the owner.
cut
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Fortunately the people he was working with noticed and cut the rope before he choked.
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He wanted me to come with him, just like that; to finally cut the rope and join him.
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Dropping down into the galley for a carving knife, he cut the rope loose from his neck.
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After some thought, I was able to cut the rope near the stern with my pocket knife lashed to a paddle.
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In other words it does not tell us whether he cut the rope above or below himself.
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Then they cut the ropes that tied me and I was able to get to my feet.
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He closed the crocodile's eyes by touching them with a stick, then cut the snarled rope away with his knife.
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Back in the saloon Trent cut the rope into four lengths and made one fast to each corner of the folded bedsheets.
hang
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The body of a suicide is not buried, but left to hang until the rope breaks.
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Some were hanging from trees by ropes and cables.
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He hangs on to the bark rope as his wives clamber out carrying flat baskets of headless smoked monkeys.
hold
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The structure was held together with ropes binding the beams to the vertical posts.
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I wanted him to hold on to me as a drowning man holds on to a rope thrown to him.
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Thomas Rennison had been keen to try it and Botterill had agreed to hold his rope .
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It no longer matters who is holding the rope .
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The man who held his rope and tried to help, ended up with his wife, family and job.
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Harriet stood there in breeches and waxed jacket, holding a rope halter and a plastic bucket.
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The strongest person should always hold the down rope from the descendeur and should wear gloves.
learn
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I started compiling an annotated bibliography of the philosophy of mind when I was a graduate student learning the ropes .
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Miguel was supposed to learn the ropes .
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Diana had gathered together a small staff who were learning the ropes as fast as she was.
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By night three, Jake seemed to have learned the ropes .
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He had learned that fighting the ropes was pointless.
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He thought he was going to learn the ropes of high finance.
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But he has been learning the ropes since February with Liverpool Playhouse workshop.
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There was almost no time to learn the ropes .
pull
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You are then able to pull the rope up as revealed in the diagram.
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The stagehands pulled on their ropes , and the curtain rolled up smoothly.
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By pulling the hanging ropes tight, a person on the stance below can lock the abseil plate if control is lost.
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I lifted my hands to the rope , then pulled gently.
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Abandoning her shoulder-bag impatiently, she used both hands, pulling the rope which fastened the heavy oil-cloth.
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The site manager himself, assisted by a worker, was pulling the rope and enjoying the spectacle thoroughly.
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You see to your task, which is to pull on that rope .
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A tiger of jade pulls the rope .
secure
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Firemen secured the bus with ropes to stop it tumbling over the edge before escorting the petrified passengers to safety.
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Polly worked swiftly, hauling in and securing the various ropes .
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Anchors - Not normally needed; one can nearly always find a rock or tree to secure the abseil rope .
show
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I want you to show her the ropes .
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They brought it home and invited me over to show them the ropes and install some shareware.
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Some people ask a friend to show them the ropes , or, worse still, they teach themselves.
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We ask that person to look after them and to show them the ropes .
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It was late spring when they showed me the ropes: how the lines are seeded, how the buoys are weighted.
throw
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This time, instead of throwing the rope , the Judge moved nearer to Moore, and held the noose open.
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Fogarty led the old man outside with only one shoe, and Jack threw the rope over the limb of the maple.
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She pulled hard on the oars, and threw a rope to a man on the rock.
tie
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Then tie the rope around her wrists.
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Chests and suitcases were being packed and tied with rope , and nails were being hammered.
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I then used one hook for each ship, and tied all the ropes together at one end.
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Quickly, I tied the rope round the man's body and Sapt and Fritz pulled it up.
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They tied a rope around my middle and pulled me up like a package.
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Their arms were tied with rope , but their legs were free and they could walk.
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Then Sapt tied the rope round one of the trees near the water.
twist
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The bison hair must be twisted into a rope for securing prisoners.
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He continued to push with the leg that was still twisted around the dangling rope .
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The muscles in her neck felt as hard and twisted as wire rope .
use
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Note: sandstone grades are for on-sight ascents using rope knots for the first time.
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He asked my permission to use new rope because we were desperately short of traditional rope.
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Some guides use their climbing and rope skills to work on oil rigs or construction sites.
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Others suggest kites were used to deploy ropes over the pillars.
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Never use the jammed rope as your sole support when climbing back up.
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Again he escaped, this time using a rope , but fell heavily, injuring himself.
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Reputable centres use safety ropes and good natural and artificial belay points.
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Go to the rope bridge. 7. Use the rope. 8.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
go piss up a rope!
money for old rope
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It was money for old rope.
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That to Sergeant Joe was money for old rope.
the end of your tether/rope
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By the time Katherine and Gary came to see me, they were at the end of their rope.
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By then Diana was truly at the end of her tether.
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Five hours later Mr Humble was at the end of his tether.
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However, at other times I feel at the end of my tether.
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Of course, when Carl walked to the end of his rope, he fell like a load of bricks.
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Rich, meanwhile, has come to the end of his rope on these negotiations.
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The court heard they were both at the end of their tether.
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With all that had happened with Anthony, he was near the end of his tether.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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She lowered the basket on a rope .
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They used a piece of rope to tie the clerk up.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Any slip is then immediately transmitted up the rope and braked by those above.
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He asked my permission to use new rope because we were desperately short of traditional rope.
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Right up the sides of them, without a ladder or rope or funny boots.
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The referee patrols the bandaged ropes, dapper in his black bow tie.
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Then he ran up the rope of the alarm bell.
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To his left three guards had taken the strain on a rope that ran tight and stretched to the building.
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We dared leave the leeboards no more than half way down, with ropes and guys rigged to relieve the sideways pressure.
II. verb
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
money for old rope
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It was money for old rope.
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That to Sergeant Joe was money for old rope.
the end of your tether/rope
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By the time Katherine and Gary came to see me, they were at the end of their rope.
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By then Diana was truly at the end of her tether.
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Five hours later Mr Humble was at the end of his tether.
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However, at other times I feel at the end of my tether.
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Of course, when Carl walked to the end of his rope, he fell like a load of bricks.
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Rich, meanwhile, has come to the end of his rope on these negotiations.
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The court heard they were both at the end of their tether.
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With all that had happened with Anthony, he was near the end of his tether.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I had always wanted to learn how to rope a calf.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At 8.00 we stopped at the foot of the Cavales Ridge and roped up.
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Customers are being roped into the distributed company just as fast.
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Miss Gater had turned up, expecting to see Sylvia Toye, but was roped in to discuss Hayley's problem.
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Probably because it was a way of roping him in for the future, Malcolm invited him down to a few rehearsals.
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Suddenly I was climbing up the long ladder of the North pier, the rucksack being roped afterwards.
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They blindfolded Mrs Dyer, roped her neck, and expected her to recant.