rope into doing



rope someone into doing something

Fig. to persuade or trick someone into doing something. I don't know who roped me into doing this, but I don't want to do it. See if you can rope somebody into taking this to the post office.
See also: rope

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
HeraklesHER-ə-kleez (English)Greek Mythology
Lyudmil-Bulgarian, Medieval Slavic
Rose[rəuz]
Cassander-Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Ste-English
DavieDAY-vee (English)English, Scottish