rope off

phrasal verb

roped off; roping off; ropes off

: to separate (an area) from another area with rope

The police roped off the street for the summer festival.

Part of the exhibit had been roped off.

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Several hundred people bedecked with the usual MAGA hats and Trump T-shirts filled up only two-thirds of the main orchestra seating area of the theater, and the entire balcony was roped off and inaccessible. —

Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024 In the past, the tour included several rooms that were roped off, allowing only a quick peek inside. —

Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2024 Quarantines roped off parts of the countryside controlled by armed groups. —

Elizabeth Dickinson, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2024 Several hiking trails are temporarily closed under the San Bernardino National Forest’s Line fire closure order, which ropes off what The Times estimates to be about 70% of national forest land to the public and includes large swaths of the region that weren’t burned by the fire. —

Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for rope off