take the bait

Speech parts

1. take the bait - Verb

2. take the bait - Phrase

Meaning

(idiomatic) To be lured by an offer, flattery, or a provocation into doing something, especially something disadvantageous or dubious.

To nibble at bait (of a fish) on a hook.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

bite fall for rise to the bait

Examples

The public is eager for stories of True Cybercrime, and the media is happy to glamorize the subject. But when teenagers take the bait and live out our fantasies for us, we punish them for frightening us too much. Charles Platt

But this time Gautam did not take the bait. Source: Internet

An operation to expose shop-keepers prepared to sell cigarettes to under-age teenagers failed to ignite when most of the traders approached failed to take the bait. Source: Internet

If you take the bait, at some point you will be called by or be instructed to call the scammer. Source: Internet

You’re smarter than I am and a) didn’t take the bait and b) didn’t use blockquote which still don’t work on here. Source: Internet

Do not take the bait. Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

take the bait

Close letter words and terms

Take Thatter take the air take the back track take the ball and run with it take the bearing take the bench