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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(boxing) A technique in which the boxer assumes a defensive stance against the ropes and absorbs an opponent's blows, hoping to exploit eventual tiredness or a mistake..
He sounded like a retired boxer who'd specialized in the rope-a-dope.
I went into my own version of Ali's rope-a-dope, ducking as many of the heavy blows as I could, and waiting for some kind of idea to come to me.
[…] process that in recent years has degenerated, sadly, into one long scorched-earth campaign filled with partisan rancor and legislative rope-a-dope.
Maybe, I suggested, it was the old rope-a-dope to lower expectations, but that was tougher for him than it had been in 2000: He was now the president.
Willis rope-a-doped us all night.
Use rope-a-dope when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Rope-a-dope means (boxing) A technique in which the boxer assumes a defensive stance against the ropes and absorbs an opponent's blows, hoping to exploit eventual tiredness or a mistake..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He sounded like a retired boxer who'd specialized in the rope-a-dope.
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