You can't push on a rope

Now I'm going to have to do a lot of rope-a-dope, never go the same way at the same time to the same places,

They put a rope over it, and the first child who went on it, the whole lot came down.

If you want to execute me, I'll bring my own [expletive] rope.

Spinnin' a rope is fun, if your neck ain't in it

He's climbing the rope, and he's gaining.