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learn the ropes

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THE ROPES.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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the ropes

[the ropes] {n. plural}, {informal} Thorough or special knowledge of a job; how to do something; the ways of people or the world. * /On a newspaper a cub reporter […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

on the ropes

[on the ropes] {adv.} or {adj. phr.} 1. Against the ropes of a boxing ring and almost not able to stand up. * /The fighter was on the ropes and […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

teach the ropes

[teach the ropes] See: [THE ROPES]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

rope

[rope] See: [END OF ONE'S ROPE], [GIVE ONE ENOUGH ROPE AND HE WILL HANG HIMSELF], [ON THE ROPES], [THE ROPES]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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