TO GET ROPED INTO STH

To get roped into ENG: to persuade to take part in some activity RUS: быть втянутым во что-то I got roped into helping. I really didn’t want to sing in the talent show, but I got roped into it by Janet. -I don’t recognize you . How’d you get roped into chaperoning? Alaric Saltzman. I’m the new history teacher. -Ah, the, uh, cursed faculty position. -So I’ve been told. -Damon Salvatore. -Salvatore? As in, uh, Stafan? -He’s my little brother. I’m his legal guardian. Hence, the chaperoning.