Synonyms for rope-a-dope
rope-a-dope

Princeton's WordNet

1. rope-a-dopenoun

   a boxing tactic: pretending to be trapped against the ropes while your opponent wears himself out throwing punches

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1. • Boxing

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1. House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff:

   We have a very capable justice, sitting in that Senate chamber, empowered by the Senate rules to decide issues of evidence and privilege. And so if any of these witnesses have a colorable claim that they wish to make or the President on their behalf, we have a justice who is able to make those determinations, and we trust that the chief justice can do so, unlike in the House, where the President could play rope a dope in the courts for years, that is not an option for the President's team here, and it gives no refuge to people who want to hide behind executive privilege to avoid the truth coming out.

2. Adam Schiff:

   What we're not prepared to do is wait months and months while the administration plays a game of 'rope a dope' in an effort to try to stall. We're not willing to go down that road.