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rope down

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Verb

lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside
- The ascent was easy--roping down the mountain would be much more difficult and dangerous
- You have to learn how to abseil when you want to do technical climbing

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Synonyms:
rappel abseil

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rope down rub down
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