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Meanings of bait in English
Synonyms
Examples for "hook"
Examples for "hook"
1
As a result, he allowed the private sector off the financial hook.
2
The longer it takes systems to hook up, the slower manufacturers' sales.
3
Thought I'd ask, she says, letting me off the hook too easy.
4
Never mind: any moment now she would let him off the hook.
5
Does it merely facilitate quick and easy hook-ups or actually encourage them?
1
It's very clear they will use news trends to lure, he said.
2
Backers say the global economy requires countries to compete to lure innovation.
3
But Larque said the lure of carbon-free power from Norway is great.
4
Others have moved towards sustainable activities that can lure visitors year round.
5
Germany and France are trying to lure jobs to their financial capitals.
1
A good decoy is not an exact simile, but a good caricature.
2
The decoy was still in the place where he had set it.
3
The decoy rejected her password, and then restored the true opening screen.
4
The Indians were a decoy? Jesse fell silent for a long moment.
5
He was to be a decoy; a decoy for the whole band.
1
That was seen as a sweetener to help get business on board.
2
Add soymilk, chocolate syrup, chocolate chips, sweetener, and ice to the blender.
3
Nor was the NCC convinced by MTN's sweetener of a local listing.
4
In a tall glass, combine coffee granules, powdered creamer, cocoa, and sweetener.
5
Thailand is the third-largest producer of the sweetener after Brazil and India.
1
In the coming-on of his madness he cut most of the strings.
Usage of bait in English
1
But the market, despite the current optimism, is not taking the bait.
2
Each type involves different techniques to tempt fish into taking the bait.
3
The bait should be rested in the centre of the treadle platform.
4
She said the Department of Conservation was trying different types of bait.
5
Didn't the executive at Warner call it 'Oscar bait' just last month?
6
I thought about my instructions to leave the bait in the water.
7
I had definitely lifted the kid's spirits and used the right bait.
8
No way is she going to agree to making them into bait.
9
One large triangle in the vent of the bait was sufficient tackle.
10
The next move was the setting out of the live bait-thebuffaloes.
11
At least he didn't think I quite deserved to be shark bait.
12
And of course papers publish things to rile readers or as comment-bait.
13
This time, ministers are attempting to bait the trade unions into striking.
14
He saw that people want sovereignty, so he's using it as bait.
15
The man might decide he wants to use you for fish bait.
16
Hodges hasn't taken the bait because he understands the stakes: pot limit.
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Bait through the time
Bait across language varieties
New Zealand
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
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