rope off

Other forms: roped off; ropes off; roping off

Definitions of rope off
  1. verb
    divide by means of a rope
    “The police roped off the area where the crime occurred”
    synonyms: cordon off, rope in
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    type of:
    close in, enclose, inclose, shut in
    surround completely
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