ropes

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thick rope which surrounds an area used for boxing (= sport in which two people hit each other) or wrestling:

The middleweight boxing champion had his opponent up against the ropes.

Without even a knockout punch to take him down, he fell backwards into the ropes.

He yelled at him repeatedly to get off the ropes.

The wrestler climbed up onto the ropes and jumped onto her opponent's back.

He was on the ropes and his opponent got in a few body blows before the bell rang.

In the third round, he forced Walker into the ropes.

the practices or rules you need to know in order to get something done:

I spent a day in our warehouse showing the new guy the ropes.