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ropes

noun as in leverage

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The bar offers customers a live S&M show featuring women in underwear tied up in red ropes.

So why does Democrat Michelle Nunn look like she might have him on the ropes?

A small wooden cabinet with two butterfly doors held ropes and chains, candles, and sex toys.

There was even a free-spirited frock made of ropes, which flung about through her ritualistic dance.

The carts are pulled through the streets by ropes and teams of men dressed in traditional costume.

Below the round thing hung a square basket, with many ropes, and other things, fast to it.

When the sailors are employed in shifting the sails, great care must be taken to avoid injury by the falling of any of the ropes.

I need fourteen wire ropes, all pulling in different directions, to hold me steady.

I have a big scheme on hand, and want to be on the field proper to pull the ropes and handle the ribbons.

Some years ago I injured the third and fourth fingers of both my hands with the ropes passing through them.

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On this page you'll find 334 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to ropes, such as: force, government, jurisdiction, rule, ascendancy, and authorization.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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