Word Study
rope off
THESAURUS
rope off
bound, circle in, circumscribe, cordon, cordon off, define, delimit, delimitate, demarcate, determine, enclose, fix, isolate, lay off, mark boundaries, mark off, mark out, mark the periphery, quarantine, seal off, seclude, segregate, separate, set the limit, specify, stake out, surroundFor further exploring for "rope off" in Webster Dictionary Online