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to rope in
To take or sweep in collectively; an expression much used in colloquial language at the West. It ori...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
to catch a horse or bullock with a noosedrope. It comes from the Western United States, where it hassuperseded the original Spanish word lasso, still usedin California.
1884. Rolf Boldrewood, `Melbourne Memories,' c. xxi. p. 150:
«You could `rope' . . . any Clifton colt or filly, back themin three days, and within a week ride a journey.»
To take or sweep in collectively; an expression much used in colloquial language at the West. It ori...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.