roping in
Getting someone involved
Roping in means recruiting or persuading someone to participate in something, often when they're reluctant or the task is unwelcome: They roped me in to help move furniture.
The image comes from lassoing cattle—once the rope's around you, you're committed.
The British variant is often rope in without the additional preposition.
- enlistingFormally joining a force
- noosingCreating a tightening loop
- involvingIncluding as part
- pulling inReaching a destination
- drawing inPulling inward or sketching
recruit · signing up · wrangling · lassoing · conscript · draft · binding · convincing · persuading · talking into · corralling · reeling in · including · enticing · coaxing · rounding up · coercing · tethering
roping inexcluding
Leaving something out
leaving out · shutting out · keeping out · cutting out · barring
roping inexcusing
Forgiving a transgression
releasing · letting go · freeing · sparing · exempting
roping inletting loose
Removing restraints or inhibitions
releasing · setting free · untethering · cutting loose · turning loose