unrope

verb

un·​rope

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transitive verb

: to remove a rope from : free from a rope

intransitive verb

: to detach a rope : loose oneself from a rope

once on gentler slopes we unroped and swiftly descended

—Appalachia

Word History

Etymology

un- entry 2 + rope

First Known Use

1673, in the meaning defined above

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