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Definition of rope-a-dope in English: rope-a-dopenoun mass nounUS informal A boxing tactic of pretending to be trapped against the ropes, goading an opponent to throw tiring ineffective punches. Example sentencesExamples - The Foreman bout saw Ali, slower but nail-hard and with the bagful of fight tricks employ the biggest gamble in sporting history, the rope-a-dope, to cement his sporting greatness.
- He hits Foreman with right hands - nobody hits George with right hands - and then he goes into the rope-a-dope and George is pummelling him.
- Drawing upon other-worldly fortitude and raw courage, Ali simply outlasted Foreman, with his rope-a-dope tactics, before knocking him out in the eighth round.
- If you caught the Roy Jones Jr. fight last night you saw his rope-a-dope, ‘chicken wing ‘work to perfection right before sending his opponent to the canvas with a huge right hand.
- Perhaps they're attempting a footballing version of Muhammad Ali's famous rope-a-dope?
Origin 1970s: coined by Muhammad Ali, referring to a tactic in a boxing match with George Foreman. Definition of rope-a-dope in US English: rope-a-dopenounˈrōpəˌdōp US informal A boxing tactic of pretending to be trapped against the ropes, goading an opponent to throw tiring ineffective punches. Example sentencesExamples - If you caught the Roy Jones Jr. fight last night you saw his rope-a-dope, ‘chicken wing ‘work to perfection right before sending his opponent to the canvas with a huge right hand.
- He hits Foreman with right hands - nobody hits George with right hands - and then he goes into the rope-a-dope and George is pummelling him.
- The Foreman bout saw Ali, slower but nail-hard and with the bagful of fight tricks employ the biggest gamble in sporting history, the rope-a-dope, to cement his sporting greatness.
- Perhaps they're attempting a footballing version of Muhammad Ali's famous rope-a-dope?
- Drawing upon other-worldly fortitude and raw courage, Ali simply outlasted Foreman, with his rope-a-dope tactics, before knocking him out in the eighth round.
Origin 1970s: coined by Muhammad Ali, referring to a tactic in a boxing match with George Foreman. |