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*ropes Fig. knowledge of how to do something; how to work something. (*Typically: know ~; learn ~; show someone ~; teach someone ~.) I'll be able to do my job very well when I know the ropes. John is very slow to learn the ropes. See also: rope How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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``The incumbents generally have an edge because there is more name identification and they know the ropes,'' said Herbert Gooch, chairman of the political science department at California Lutheran University. ``You will have people who do not know the ropes and will have no power to make sure something gets done. They know the ropes of living out of a suitcase," said Cary J. |
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