Examples:

• My friends, the international community has Iran on the ropes.
• Well, she had YOU on the ropes at one point.
• For the first time, we've got her on the ropes.
• On the ropes ain't the same thing as bleeding out.
• So Skip thought he had me on the ropes, right?
• I don't like the look of the crowds on the ropes.
• Well, I guess you guys had him on the ropes.
• But you had me on the ropes, Esther.
• Well, I guess you guys had him on the ropes.
• Don't have a pop at me because you're on the ropes, all right?