Rope Up (Verb)
Meaning
Attach to one another, for safety; "The mountaineers roped up when they started the final ascent".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The search party members roped up before entering the dense and unstable jungle terrain.
- The firefighters on the rescue team carefully roped up the civilians before guiding them down the burning high-rise building.
- Rescue climbers first roped up the stranded hikers then began slowly descending the treacherous rock face.
- Experienced trek leaders made sure everyone roped up when navigating through the icy glacier path.
- Cave explorers took extra precautions by roping up before crossing the narrow tunnel suspended high above the underground river.