take the bait

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take the bait also swallow the bait

to accept something that was offered to get you to do something I flirted with Kate, teased her some, but she never took the bait. Others tried to focus on our disagreements, but we didn't take the bait and instead talked about what we can do together.

See also: bait, take

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When they're lousy it's a sign they've all been herdin' together by the thousand, and when they take the bait that way they're hungry. Captains Courageous by Kipling, Rudyard View in context When the Siouxes have gathered in the beasts, and have made sure that you are not upon their heels, they will be back nibbling like hungry wolves to take the bait they have left or it may be, they'll show the temper of the great bears, that are found at the falls of the Long River, and strike at once with the paw, without stopping to nose their prey. The Prairie by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context			take pick take pick of take pity take pity on take place take possession take pot luck take pride take pride in take public take pulse take refuge in take revenge take root take shape take sick take side take sides take sides against take solace take some doing take steps take stock take temperature take the bad with the good take the bait take the bit in teeth Take the bitter with the sweet take the blame take the bull by the horns take the cake take the chill off take the cloth take the count take the coward's way out take the cure take the easy way out take the edge off take the fall take the fall for take the fifth take the floor take the gloves off Take the goods the gods provide take the heat take the heat off take the initiative take the law into own hands take the liberty of take the liberty of doing take the lid off			take steps take stock take stock take stock take stock take stock take stock take stock in take stock in take stock in take stock in take stock in Take Stock in Children take stock of take summarily take surreptitiously take take account take take account take take account take take account take take account take temperature take ten Take That Take That ! and That ! the Gun Control Debate Continues Take That ! and That ! the Gun Control Debate Continues Take That ! and That ! the Gun Control Debate Continues Take that Dude take the air take the bad with the good take the bait take the bench take the bench take the bench take the bench take the bench take the biscuit take the bit between teeth take the bit between teeth take the bit between teeth take the bit between teeth take the bit between teeth take the bit between teeth take the bit between the teeth take the bit in teeth take the bit in teeth take the bit in teeth take the bit in teeth take the bit in teeth take the bit in teeth Take the Bitter With the Sweet take the blame take the bread out from people's mouths take the bread out from people's mouths take the bread out of people's mouths take the bread out of people's mouths take the brunt of take the bull by the horns take the bull by the horns Take the Bus Project take the cake

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