rope in

Something you can follow like a rope in the dark, to give you a reason to get up in the morning or, for him, the night.

Both men then hit the canvas in the eighth round, grappling before tumbling and almost falling through the ropes in a bout that was occasionally chaotic but always watchable.

Whittaker was backed up on to the ropes in the fifth round but also seemed to pull Cameron towards him as the pair locked arms and tumbled over the ropes.

First, using leftist-sounding language helps them rope in gullible people, both to take their money and, in many cases, to radicalize them.

She battles off mysterious creatures, ensuring the family’s safety by remaining tethered to their crumbling wooden cabin with ropes in a ritual that’s either superstitious or supernatural.