rope-a-dope
rope-a-dope · rope-a-dopes · rope-a-doped · rope-a-doping
To exhaust someone by stringing them alongTo exhaust someone by stringing them along.
Meaning
1 senses(figuratively)To exhaust someone by stringing them along.
Willis rope-a-doped us all night.
Origin
See Rope-a-dope.See Rope-a-dope.
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Forms
rope-a-dopes, rope-a-doping, rope-a-doped, rope-a-doped| Base form | rope-a-dope · to rope-a-dope |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | rope-a-dopes |
| Present participle | rope-a-doping |
| Past simple | rope-a-doped |
| Past participle | rope-a-doped |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.