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ropes

noun as in leverage

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I saw people doing calisthenics on the rings and ropes and the volleyball fields buzzing with competition.

"We've got a lot of young boys still learning the ropes of international cricket," he said.

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He then worked in his family's export business for a few years, learning the ropes.

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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.

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“The weather has been a challenge and we had a cow that was nibbling our ropes which wasn’t ideal,” he said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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