Sentence examples for rope off from inspiring English sources
verb
To enclose by ropes; to cordon off
He ties the rope off around the tree trunk.
Some provinces will this month take delivery of murder box-kits, the better to rope off and examine crime scenes.
The traditional approach to environmental conservation goes something like this: A particular landscape or species, usually somewhere in the developing world, is deemed important and, therefore, countries are encouraged to rope off big chunks of land and keep people out.
Right now, if a robot breaks down and maintenance workers need to go out on the floor to retrieve it, they virtually "rope off" the area in the warehouse, telling the software to route robots around the area.
But after Katherine got pregnant with Tamerlan's daughter, Judith Russell said, there were some parts of the mother-daughter relationship that Judith had to "rope off" in order to see her granddaughter.
General Electric has offered to rope off its aircraft lessor from GE Capital, the financing company that is its immediate parent, and to keep it at arms length from Honeywell's products.
The sukkah was roped off and ignored.
Within 10 minutes, the police had roped off the area.
Police officers insist on roping off crime scenes.
Dangerous areas will be roped off when the park reopens.
That will mean more than simply roping off habitat.
