From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishrope somebody into something (also rope somebody ↔ in British English) phrasal verb informalto persuade someone to help you in a job or join in an activity, especially when they do not want torope somebody into doing something Denise roped me into selling tickets.rope somebody in to do something Anyone who could sing was roped in to help. Have you been roped in too? → rope→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
rope somebody into doing something• My wife and I have been roped into going to this fund-raising dinner. 