swallow the bait

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swallow the bait
If you swallow the bait, you completely accept something, especially an offer that is a trick or way of getting something from you.

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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.

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.

Etymology: based on the idea that a fish is attracted by the bait (= small amount of food) on a fishing hook and is caught by it

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