rope off
phrasal verb
roped off; roping off; ropes off
: to separate (an area) from another area with rope
The police roped off the street for the summer festival.
Part of the exhibit had been roped off.
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The grand staircase is no longer roped off, but welcoming people to ascend and Mrs. Frick’s boudoir, with its Boucher murals of frolicking angels, is back upstairs, having been returned to its original location.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2025
Duggan then ushered a party of around 30 to the bar area roped off as a last-minute reservation to accommodate his friend.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2025
Two local fishermen recently rescued a humpback whale that had become entangled in rope off the United Kingdom.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2025
The dam, roped off with caution tape, is on your right.
—Carl R. Gold, Baltimore Sun, 19 Feb. 2025
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2025
Duggan then ushered a party of around 30 to the bar area roped off as a last-minute reservation to accommodate his friend.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2025
Two local fishermen recently rescued a humpback whale that had become entangled in rope off the United Kingdom.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2025
The dam, roped off with caution tape, is on your right.
—Carl R. Gold, Baltimore Sun, 19 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for rope off
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“Rope off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rope%20off. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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