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
Gerd (1)GERT (German), KHERT (Dutch)German, Dutch
Harkaitz-Basque
Aloisio-Italian
TettyTET-eeEnglish (Archaic)
Delaney[də'leini]
LucasLOO-kəs (English), LUY-kahs (Dutch), luy-KAH (French), LOO-kəsh (Portuguese), LOO-kahs (Spanish)English, Dutch, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Biblical Latin