swallow the bait

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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.

See rise to the bait

See also: bait, swallow

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Worm anglers can avoid deep hooking salmon by striking them quickly, rather than employing the traditional technique of giving the salmon line continually in order to let it swallow the bait. Angling: TAKE THE BAIT by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) But if the ordinary man and woman on the street, at home or in their cars swallow the bait and vote for her, what does that matter? An ordinary task for world's power-hungry by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales) A small perch is often the first species of fish a young angler will catch, simply because they tend to hang on to a maggot or small worm and swallow the bait altogether. Angling: Chance to land hungry predator by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)			surge up surpass in surprise surprise by surprise with surrender to surround with survival of the fittest susceptible to suspect suspect of suspend suspend by suspend from suspicion suss out sustain in swab swab down swab out swab out of swallow swallow down swallow hook, line, and sinker swallow pride swallow the bait swallow up swamp with swan swan song swap swap for swap notes swap with swarm swarm around swarm in swarm out of swarm over swarm through swarm with swath swathe swathe in swathe with sway sway back and forth sway from side to side sway to swear swear at			Swallow (bird) Swallow (bird) swallow apnea swallow buoy swallow dive swallow dive swallow dives swallow dives swallow down swallow down Swallow Falls State Park swallow float swallow hole swallow hole swallow holes swallow holes swallow hook, line, and sinker swallow one's teeth Swallow plover swallow pride swallow shrike Swallow Sidecars Ltd swallow syncope swallow syncope swallow syncope swallow tail swallow tail swallow tail swallow tail Swallow Tailed Moth swallow the bait swallow up swallow up swallow up Swallow warbler swallow wort Swallow Your Pride swallow-dive swallow-dive swallow-dived swallow-dived swallow-dives swallow-dives swallow-diving swallow-diving swallow-tailed swallow-tailed swallow-tailed coat Swallow-tailed duck Swallow-tailed Gull Swallow-tailed gulls swallow-tailed hawk swallow-tailed kite Swallow-tailed Moth Swallow-wort Swallow-wort swallowable swallowable swallowable swallowable swallowed

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