rope-a-dope

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rope-a-dope

(Individual Sports & Recreations / Boxing)

a. a method of tiring out a boxing opponent by pretending to be trapped on the ropes while the opponent expends energy on punches that are blocked

b. (as modifier) rope-a-dope strategy

[coined by US boxer Muhammad Ali (born 1942)]

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rope-a-dope - a boxing tactic: pretending to be trapped against the ropes while your opponent wears himself out throwing punches

boxing, pugilism, fisticuffs - fighting with the fists

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