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Ropes

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Fought back to the ropes. Fought to the bitter end. A pugilistic phrase.

“It is a battle that must be fought game, and right back to the ropes.”—Boldrewood: Robbery Under Arms, chap. xxxiii.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Room
Roost
Roost
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Rope-dancer (The)
Rope-dancers
Rope-walk [barristers slang]
Ropes
Ropes
Ropes
Roper
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