Wiktionary
vb. To learn the basics or master introductory knowledge.
Usage examples of "learn the ropes".
Like other newbies, the shavetails had died in droves before really having a chance to learn the ropes.
We will begin roadwork immediately, O Lord, while we set up a ring in the tool-shed in which to learn the ropes, and we humbly beseech Your blessing on our enterprise and Your cooperation in keeping it from coming to the notice of Your servant's partner in holy matrimony, Trudi Bierman.
You're gonna hav'ta learn the ropes around here pretty quick, and I kinda think that once you do, you'll see you're gonna be here an awful long time.
Forrester took his eyes from the view-walls star map and looked at Taiko, who winked and added, Now that youre on the team, you ought to learn the ropes.
That way their trained personnel can gradually learn the ropes of the T-PRAM process without arousing suspicion.
Omilia continued to play baliset concerts to large crowds, while also working double duty to learn the ropes of her husband's merchant business.
Omilia continued to play baliset concerts to large crowds, while also working double-duty to learn the ropes of her husband's merchant business.
I would learn the ropes, find out all I could about this society, maybe even get a lead on Garth—.
I would learn the ropes, find out all I could about this society, maybe even get a lead on Garth-or General Zennor if Bibs had overheard the name correctly.
None of them were yet in post, and even when they arrived, they would not be expected to do much more during their first six months than learn the ropes of the local community.
This is the second time I've seen the show, and I could learn the ropes if you'd tell me what to do.
He was equally sure he could do much good in the House of Lords, once he set his mind to learn the ropes, and with grim determination he had spent most of the day again closeted with the family's solicitors and managers.