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rope into

B2 informal separable transitive
In simple words

To get someone to do something (usually by pressuring or tricking them) when they didn't plan to.

Literal meaning: To pull someone into a situation using a rope — figuratively, into an obligation.

Meanings

1 B2 idiomatic informal

To persuade or pressure someone into doing something they had not planned or wanted to do.

"Somehow I got roped into organising the whole department's leaving party."

Grammar: separable
2 B2 idiomatic informal

To involve someone in a dubious plan or scheme without them fully realising it.

"She realised too late that she had been roped into a financial scam."

Grammar: separable
Usage notes

Always followed by a gerund or noun activity: 'roped into doing the washing up', 'roped into a scheme'. The sense of reluctance or mild exploitation is stronger than 'rope in'. Very common in British English casual speech. Often appears in passive constructions: 'I was roped into...'.

Commonly used with

helping volunteering scheme plan project babysitting organising

Forms

Base
rope into
I/you/we/they
3rd person
ropes into
he/she/it
Past simple
roped into
yesterday
Past participle
roped into
have + pp
-ing form
roping into
continuous

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