rope a dope

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İngilizce - Türkçe
ip bir uyuşturucu
(Pisikoloji, Ruhbilim) Boksta iplere dayanarak rakibin yumruklarını bloklayıp yorulmasını amaçlayan bir çeşit taktik
İngilizce - İngilizce
A technique in which the boxer assumes a defensive stance against the ropes and absorbs an opponent's blows, hoping to exploit eventual tiredness or a mistake

I went into my own version of Ali's rope-a-dope, ducking as many of the heavy blows as I could, and waiting for some kind of idea to come to me.

Any strategy where an apparently losing position is assumed in the hope of eventual victory

Maybe, I suggested, it was the old rope-a-dope to lower expectations, but that was tougher for him than it had been in 2000: He was now the president.

(Pisikoloji, Ruhbilim) A boxing fighting style commonly associated with Muhammad Ali in his 1974 Rumble in the Jungle match against George Foreman
a boxing tactic: pretending to be trapped against the ropes while your opponenet wears himself out throwing punches
rope a dope