swallow the bait

swallow the bait
клю́нуть на что-л., попа́сться на у́дочку

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  • swallow the bait —    If you swallow the bait, you accept an offer made specially to persuade you to do something.     When customers see a special offer sign, they usually swallow the bait and purchase the product …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • swallow the bait — swallow/take the bait to accept something that is only being offered to you so that you will do something. The offer of a free radio with every television proved very popular, and hundreds of shoppers swallowed the bait …   New idioms dictionary

  • swallow the bait — be tricked by a decoy, fall into a trap …   English contemporary dictionary

  • take the bait — swallow/take the bait to accept something that is only being offered to you so that you will do something. The offer of a free radio with every television proved very popular, and hundreds of shoppers swallowed the bait …   New idioms dictionary

  • bait — n. 1) to hold out, offer; put out, set out bait 2) to nibble at; swallow, take the bait 3) to rise to the bait 4) tempting bait * * * [beɪt] offer put out set out bait swallow take the bai …   Combinatory dictionary

  • swallow — Synonyms and related words: abide, abjure, ablate, absorb, accede, accept, accept for gospel, accept implicitly, acquiesce, allow, and sinker, antelope, arrow, assent, assimilate, back down, back out, backwater, be a sucker, be agreeable, be… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • bait — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ fresh, live ▪ He used maggots as live bait. VERB + BAIT ▪ dangle (often figurative), put out, set …   Collocations dictionary

  • swallow — v 1. gulp, guzzle, digest, engorge; eat, sup, down, Archaic. manducate; pop, drop; bolt, snap up, wolf down, dispatch, put down or away; drink, imbibe, quaff, belt, swill, swig; tipple, tope, toss off, throw back, knock back, Sl. chug a lug;… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • The Cat and the Mermouse — Infobox Hollywood cartoon cartoon name = The Cat and the Mermouse series = Tom and Jerry caption = director = William Hanna Joseph Barbera story artist = William Hanna Joseph Barbera animator = Kenneth Muse Ed Barge Ray Patterson Irven Spence Al… …   Wikipedia

  • The Masque of Mandragora — 086 – The Masque of Mandragora Doctor Who serial The Brethren of Demnos commune with the Mandragora Helix Cast …   Wikipedia

  • The Last Wish (book) — The Last Wish   Cover of the American edition of The L …   Wikipedia


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