Example sentences for: rope-a-dope

How can you use “rope-a-dope” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Though Bush's performance was otherwise clumsy and lackluster, he won by playing rope-a-dope.

  • His advisers call this their "rope-a-dope" strategy, referring to the boxing tactic of shielding your head with your gloves and making your opponent exhaust himself by uselessly pummeling you against the ropes.

  • Janet Reno's rope-a-dope performance before Indiana Rep.


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