not take the bait
not take the bait
To refuse to engage with someone in the particular manner being provoked. He's clearly egging you on so that you lose your cool and start shouting. Don't take the bait. The undercover officer changed the conversation to the recent burglary, hoping to coax a confession out of the thief, but he wouldn't take the bait.
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