Phrase Hound found 67 phrases and 36 compound words that contain ropes. The most common are listed below. Open ropes in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 67
- learn the ropesTo learn the basics or master introductory knowledge.
- learning the ropespresent participle and gerund of learn the ropes
- show the ropesTo teach the basics of a skill.
- know the ropesTo have experience of the appropriate procedures; know how a particular task or job should be done (with reference to ropes used in sailing).
- knowing the ropespresent participle and gerund of know the ropes
- learned the ropessimple past and past participle of learn the ropes
- showed the ropessimple past of show the ropes
- Ropes CrossingA suburb of Sydney in the Blacktown council area, New South Wales, Australia.
- jump ropesplural of jump rope: (also jump-roping, jumping rope) The activity, game or exercise in which a person must jump, bounce or skip repeatedly while a length of rope is swung over and under, both ends held in the hands of the jumper, or …
- learns the ropesthird-person singular simple present indicative of learn the ropes: To learn the basics or master introductory knowledge.
- up against the ropesSynonym of on the ropes: Leaning against the ropes of the boxing ring, as when exhausted and nearing defeat or collapse.
- battle ropesplural of battle rope: A thick, heavy rope that is used when doing exercises to increase strength
- bolt-ropesplural of bolt-rope
- Chinese ropesSynonym of Chinese jump rope: A children's game in which two participants hold a string of rubber bands tied in a circle with their feet and a third participant is challenged to make a certain series of moves in relation to the string …
- guy ropesplural of guy rope: A rope or cable used to steady either a tall structure, or a thing being hoisted or lowered.
- ropes courseAn outdoor teambuilding activity for teenagers or adults, involving climbing and often ziplining, and requiring trust and reliance on others to complete each task.
- ropes coursesplural of ropes course: An outdoor teambuilding activity for teenagers or adults, involving climbing and often ziplining, and requiring trust and reliance on others to complete each task.
- tow ropesplural of tow rope: A rope (e.g., manila rope, wire rope, cable) used for towing large objects (e.g., motor vehicles, marine vessels, gliders).
- skipping ropesplural of skipping rope: An item for play or physical exercise consisting of a length of rope with a handle attached to each end, intended to be swung over and under a person jumping in a continual rhythm.
- bell ropesplural of bell rope: A short length of rope, spliced to the eye of the clapper of a ship's bell and by which it is struck.
- bull ropesplural of bull rope: a rope used for hoisting a topmast or topgallant mast in a square-rigged ship; it is rove from the cap of the lower mast, through a sheave in the foot of the topmast and then back through a block on the lower masthead …
- catch-ropesplural of catch-rope: The rope that a cowboy uses to rope animals, having a loop on one end with which to capture the animal.
- dead-ropesplural of dead-rope: A rope not running in any block.
- drag-ropesplural of drag-rope
- fast ropesthird-person singular simple present indicative of fast rope: To slide down a rope as a means of descending to the ground, especially from a hovering helicopter
Compound words 36
- appropesAppropriate.
- allotropesplural of allotrope: Any form of an element that has a distinctly different molecular structure to another form of the same element, with different physical properties and often different chemical properties.
- backropesplural of backrope: A rope or chain running aft on either side of a sailing ship, connecting from the lower end of the dolphin striker to the bows.
- bellropesplural of bellrope: A short length of rope, spliced to the eye of the clapper of a ship's bell and by which it is struck.
- boatropesplural of boatrope: A rope used for the rigging of a boat.
- boltropesplural of boltrope
- breastropesplural of breastrope: breastband
- bushropesplural of bushrope: A climbing woody vine, usually tropical.
- catchropesplural of catchrope: The rope that a cowboy uses to rope animals, having a loop on one end with which to capture the animal.
- dragropesplural of dragrope: A rope used to drag something.