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
MladenMLAH-den (Croatian, Serbian)Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian
JiŘIna-Czech
Honza-Czech
Doroteiadoo-roo-TAY-əPortuguese
Konstantine-Georgian
Frigyes-Hungarian