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Verb: rope down
  1. (sport) descend by means of a rappel
    "The ascent was easy — roping down the mountain would be much more difficult and dangerous";
    - rappel, abseil [Brit]

Derived forms: roping down, ropes down

Type of: come down, descend, go down

Encyclopedia: Rope down