Examples of 'up against the ropes' in a sentence
Meaning of "up against the ropes"
up against the ropes: In boxing or fighting contexts, this phrase means being pressed back against the ropes that mark the boundary of the ring, often indicating a difficult or challenging situation
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up against the ropes
We have got fate up against the ropes.
Up against the ropes.
You have got me up against the ropes here.
And even fewer fight as hard as he does when up against the ropes.
Get him up against the ropes.
For believing in me when i was up against the ropes.
Pushed it up against the ropes and told it to stop.
Talk about putting someone up against the ropes.
You had him up against the ropes right enough.
My thought was to go and back him up, keep him up against the ropes.
Moon is up against the ropes.
Apollo unloading a left, really trying to get him up against the ropes.
She was up against the ropes.
He rips a terrific right to dorney's heart and drives dorney up against the ropes.
The boxer was up against the ropes.
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In the second round, Foreman comes out swinging . Ali 's backed up against the ropes.
We are up against the ropes.
They have Acid Reign team up against the ropes.
She 's up against the ropes now.
Do not let him get you up against the ropes.
He 's got me up against the ropes and he 's giving me the elbow.
And while the gang was up against the ropes.
He 's up against the ropes.
Seems our freedom 's up against the ropes.
Up against the ropes! Cut him off. Get him up against the ropes.
You have kind of got me up against the ropes here.
There he is with a flurry of jabs, he 's got him up against the ropes.
Durán can not get him up against the ropes like he did in the first fight.
It does not seem to help, because Atom is backed up against the ropes again.
Durén can not get him up against the ropes like he did in the first fight.
We will never come after you. She was up against the ropes.
Pushed it up against the ropes Told it, " Stop.
Nairobi is knocked out . We are up against the ropes.
He has Bender up against the ropes now.
As long as she 's breathing, we have got fate up against the ropes.
The champ 's up against the ropes.
I am Monsoon Moon and there is a painstorm a-brewing . ( Bell dings ) Moon is up against the ropes.
He 's got Wilson up against the ropes now.
Apollo unloading a left . He 's got him up against the ropes.
Thank you. Up against the ropes.
Foreman comes out swinging . Ali 's backed up against the ropes.
Ali 's backed up against the ropes.
The motorcycle industry is, I am afraid, up against the ropes.
He 's got him up against the ropes.
Back among the living, eh? He has Bender up against the ropes now.
I am afraid, up against the ropes.
That 's not gonna stay on . Ali 's backed up against the ropes.
Brown is hurt . Up against the ropes.
O'Brian is relentless . He 's got Wilson up against the ropes now.
Alright, she has you up against the ropes.
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