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View synonyms for hook, line, and sinker
hook, line, and sinker
- To “fall for something hook, line, and sinker” is to be fooled completely. “Tom doubted that his ruse would fool anybody, but the boss fell for it hook, line, and sinker.” The reference is to fishing tackle.
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Without reservation, completely, as in He swallowed our excuse hook, line, and sinker . This expression, first recorded in 1865, alludes to a fish swallowing not only the baited hook but the leaden sinker and the entire fishing line between them.Advertisement
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