Answer:
Rope is generally the term used for the raw material used to make the 'lines' that we use on board a sailing yacht. The rope that runs up the mast to pull up the mainsail is called the halyard and to bring the sail down the line is called the down-haul.
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The statement is most associated with INTERNAL PRESSURE.
There are four types of peer pressure and internal pressure is one of them.
Internal pressure occurs when the pressure comes from within oneself.
In the question given above, the speaker is feeling internal pressure to do what his friends like.