Definitions for rope-a-dope
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1. rope-a-dopenoun

   a boxing tactic: pretending to be trapped against the ropes while your opponent wears himself out throwing punches

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1. rope-a-dopenoun

   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.

2. rope-a-dopenoun

   Any strategy where an apparently losing position is assumed in the hope of eventual victory.

3. Etymology: Coined by the boxer Muhammad Ali.

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1. Rope-a-dope

   The rope-a-dope is a boxing fighting technique in which one contender leans against the ropes of the boxing ring and draws non-injuring offensive punches, letting the opponent tire themselves out. This gives the former the opportunity to then execute devastating offensive punches to help them win. The rope-a-dope is most famously associated with Muhammad Ali in his October 1974 Rumble in the Jungle match against world heavyweight champion George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire.

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1. rope-a-dope

   Rope-a-dope is a boxing strategy used to tire out an opponent, baiting them into making unsuccessful and exhausting attacks while pretending to be trapped or in a vulnerable position. This tactic was famously used by Muhammad Ali during the Rumble in the Jungle match against George Foreman. The term has since been used metaphorically to describe any situation where someone appears to be in a losing situation but is really leading their adversary into a trap.

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1. Rope-a-dope

   The rope-a-dope is a boxing fighting style commonly associated with Muhammad Ali in his 1974 Rumble in the Jungle match against George Foreman. In competitive situations other than boxing, rope-a-dope is used to describe strategies in which one party purposely puts itself in what appears to be a losing position, attempting thereby to become the eventual victor.

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How to pronounce rope-a-dope?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of rope-a-dope in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of rope-a-dope in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of rope-a-dope in a Sentence

1. Adam Schiff:

   What we're not prepared to do is wait months and months while the administration plays a game of 'rope a dope' in an effort to try to stall. We're not willing to go down that road.

2. House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff:

   We have a very capable justice, sitting in that Senate chamber, empowered by the Senate rules to decide issues of evidence and privilege. And so if any of these witnesses have a colorable claim that they wish to make or the President on their behalf, we have a justice who is able to make those determinations, and we trust that the chief justice can do so, unlike in the House, where the President could play rope a dope in the courts for years, that is not an option for the President's team here, and it gives no refuge to people who want to hide behind executive privilege to avoid the truth coming out.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=rope-a-dope
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Rope-A-Dope
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rope-A-Dope
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=rope-a-dope