rope into

verb ropes into · roping into · roped into

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rope, into. They could be quickly strapped into the jump-seats with seatbelts, rather than roping them into the bed of the truck in a downpour.
2. To inveigle someone into (doing something) that they are reluctant to do. Efforts to contain the discontent in the plants through the creation of new bargaining institutions gave the unions an apprenticeship in institution building without roping them into a defense of the status quo;