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- noun Plural form of
rope . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
rope .
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Examples
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He tied the tag ropes together to make them longer.
REY MYSTERIO BEHIND THE MASK Rey Mysterio with Jeremy Roberts 2009
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He tied the tag ropes together to make them longer.
REY MYSTERIO BEHIND THE MASK Rey Mysterio with Jeremy Roberts 2009
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He tied the tag ropes together to make them longer.
REY MYSTERIO BEHIND THE MASK Rey Mysterio with Jeremy Roberts 2009
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The wise old man showing a youngster the ropes is a trope of Hollywood at the time, as are subtle explorations of the effects of World War II subsequently on American society, which is one of the film's bigger themes.
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Cloistered in their enormous old mansion packed with ancient furniture and a grand piano hanging by ropes from the ceiling, this brother and sister draw Isabel deeper and deeper into their family's strange obsession.
Ron Charles reviews "Great House," by Nicole Krauss Ron Charles 2010
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Cloistered in their enormous old mansion packed with ancient furniture and a grand piano hanging by ropes from the ceiling, this brother and sister draw Isabel deeper and deeper into their family's strange obsession.
Ron Charles reviews "Great House," by Nicole Krauss Ron Charles 2010
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It is my observation that thoughtless inconsiderate persons who take advantage of others weakness for their pleasure generally (like Tom Horn), braid their own hangin 'ropes for their own gallows.
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That night after they had gone to bed, Finn pulled on the ropes from the ground floor simulating an earthquake.
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It is my observation that thoughtless inconsiderate persons who take advantage of others weakness for their pleasure generally (like Tom Horn), braid their own hangin 'ropes for their own gallows.
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I was lying in a small bamboo cradle suspended by ropes from a high wooden beam.
Kien Nguyen talks about his grandfather, the inspiration for his first novel, The Tapestries 2010
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