Local English word record

rope down

verb · 1 sense

lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside

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Examples

  • The ascent was easy--roping down the mountain would be much more difficult and dangerous
  • You have to learn how to abseil when you want to do technical climbing

Word relationships

Synonyms

rappel, abseil

Source and method

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