Usually means: Struggling, near defeat or failure.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word on the ropes:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. on the ropes: Merriam-Webster
  2. on the ropes: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. on the ropes: Collins English Dictionary
  4. on the ropes: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. on the ropes: Wiktionary
  6. on the ropes: Dictionary.com
  7. On the Ropes (TV series), On the Ropes (album), On the Ropes: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. on the ropes: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. on the ropes: Idioms

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Similar:
postboxing, ringwise, bottom-dwelling, losingest, bottom of the table, shoestring, antiboxing, hung up, peekaboo, down, more...

Opposite:
in control, dominant, winning, ahead, leading

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Similar:
postboxing, ringwise, bottom-dwelling, losingest, bottom of the table, shoestring, antiboxing, hung up, peekaboo, down, more...

Opposite:
in control, dominant, winning, ahead, leading



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