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a strategy to appear weak to convince an opponent to attack and fall into a trap.

a joke that suggests one thought just to set up a twist.
Muhammad Ali and Tommy Smothers were both experts at rope a dope.
by MichaelJonSnow March 22, 2010
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(noun) A person who sits on the front porch and intimidates, says negative things, or otherwise makes things unpleasant for those nearby.
The boys walked past the house of old man Thompson, the neighborhood porch dick, who always assumed they were up to no good.
by bigweaseldaddy March 08, 2015
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Popularized by Muhammed Ali, a tactic of proctecting one's self during combat while an opponent wears himself out, and then unexpectedly lashing out.
Damn, that fool wasted all his ammo when I picked up all of those shields. I did the ol' rope-a-dope and destroyed him in under a minute
by Cicatriz December 29, 2004
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to have your opponent tire themselves out overtime.
it is also something you may scream at cars while you are racing them on sunset blvd.
by Brett December 08, 2004
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When you braid your pubic hair into a lasso and you rope in that dick
Crystal grew her pubes out so she could rope a dope Matthew
by Lovesze September 12, 2020
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A form of oral sex in which the male at first has very slow motion with his tongue inside the females vagina, letting her do all the work. After a while of working in this fashion, the male speeds up his tongue and executes a fast series of vertical and horizontal licks bringing the female to orgasm.
Daniel: I did the rope-a-dope to THIS and knocked her out cold!
Duncan: Dang... All I can do is eat THAT pink taco.
by ThePinkTaco June 21, 2006
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A police tactic involving trickery to bamboozle suspects into confessing.
Dude! Nobody "really" saw me do it, did they? Man, you "rope a doped" me.
by The Foundation November 04, 2010
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