rope (in)

verb

Definition of rope (in)next
as in to lead on

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rope (in)
  1. draw in
  2. persuade
  3. snow
  4. lure
Verb
  • The post has been liked more than 715,000 times to date, drawing in over 5,600 comments.
    Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
  • People were drawn in by promises of interest as high as 17 percent on deposits—tens of times greater than the rate offered by banks at the time.
    Joel Khalili, WIRED, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of draw in
Verb
  • No law, no Act of Congress, no oversight committee scrutiny or public embarrassment has persuaded compliance for 33 years.
    Steel Rose, CPA, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Eric Heyer, an attorney for two vaping companies, argued the FDA had switched directions and surprised his clients by demanding new studies to prove their products would persuade more adult smokers to switch to e-cigarettes.
    David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of persuade
Verb
  • The roads were all completely iced over, snowed over and closed.
    Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Listen to this article New York City’s run of mild weather appears to be headed toward an abrupt end thanks to an Alberta Clipper bringing cold weather and possibly snow down from Canada.
    Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of snow
Verb
  • West’s story is commonplace in the predatory world of post-graduate football, where thousands of young men have been lured by the promise of achieving their athletic aspirations, a USA TODAY investigation found.
    Kenny Jacoby, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Recommended Joy Five years after fire, a shining Notre Dame is ready to reopen its doors Underpinning the currency appreciation is a new tax amnesty to lure Argentines to declare their hidden United States dollar savings – longs squirreled away in offshore bank accounts and under mattresses.
    Isabel Debre, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of lure
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