- to swallow a bait
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Большой англо-русский учебный словарь сочетаемости. Кауль М.Р., Хидекель С.С. 2010.
to swallow a bait
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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
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 — This article is about the family of birds. For the action, see Swallowing. For other uses, see Swallow (disambiguation). Swallows Red rumped Swallow Scientific classificatio … Wikipedia
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 — verb 1 food, drink, etc. ADVERB ▪ hastily, quickly ▪ accidentally ▪ She accidentally swallowed a glass bead. ▪ easily ▪ L … 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
swallow a gudgeon — to be fooled by an obvious lie as gudgeons (Gobio gobio, Cyprindae) are used as bait to trap other fish. See also gaping for gudgeons … Dictionary of ichthyology
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
