Definition
Tied or bound with rope, or tricked into doing something you didn't want to do.
Etymology
From Old English 'rap,' a noun meaning rope. The verb form developed naturally when the noun was used as an action word—'to rope' someone or something.
Kelly Says
Getting 'roped into' something comes from the literal image of being bound by rope, but now it's almost always metaphorical—a perfect example of how concrete actions become abstract ideas in language.
Translations
ARالعربية
مُحَسَّن
mu-ha-ssan
CSČeština
opásaný
o-pa-sa-ny
DEDeutsch
gebunden
ge-bun-den
ELΕλληνικά
δεσμευμένος
des-me-vo-men
FISuomi
sidottu
si-dot-tu
FRFrançais
attaché
a-tach-ay
HIहिन्दी
बंधा हुआ
ban-dha hoo-a
HUMagyar
kötözve
ko-to-zve
IDBahasa Indonesia
diikatkan
dee-i-kat-kan
ITItaliano
legato
le-ga-toh
MRMR
बांधलेले
baan-dhal-le-le
MSBahasa Melayu
diikatkan
dee-i-kat-kan
NLNederlands
verankerd
ver-an-kerd
PLPolski
opaskany
o-pas-ka-ny
PTPortuguês
amarrado
a-mar-ra-doh
RUРусский
привязанный
pri-vyazan-nyy
SWKiswahili
ameme
a-me-me
TEతెలుగు
బంధించిన
ban-dhin-chi-ni
TRTürkçe
bağlanmış
bagh-la-mush
UKУкраїнська
прив'язаний
pri-v'yaz-a-nyy