idiomatic phrases one mark on the rope
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On the ropes means defeated or very near to defeat, ruined, close to giving up. The idiom on the ropes comes from the world of boxing. A boxing ring is enclosed by large, heavy ropes. When a boxer has backed his opponent into the ropes, that opponent has no means of escape.
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