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Something intended to entice or incite someone to do something

Food placed on a hook or in a net or trap to entice fish or other animals as prey

Something designed to mislead to divert attention

A sum of money or other inducement offered or given to bribe someone

To attract or lure by temptation, typically using deception

To deceive or fool someone, typically by luring them

To annoy or provoke through teasing

To catch or try to catch fish, typically by using a net or hook and line

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Noun

Something intended to entice or incite someone to do something

carrot and stick

shot in the arm

pressurization^US

pressurisation^UK

kick up the backside

motivating force

intellectual nourishment

kick in the pants

animating force

gravitation towards

inclination towards

invigoration^US

envigoration^UK

centre of attention^UK

impelling cause

attention-grabber

attention-getter

center of attention^US

prepossessingness

vested interest

score to settle

object of desire

special interest

animal magnetism

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“Eunice had hit upon the very idea which I had been going to use as a bait to get her to go to Polmeer with me.”

Noun

Food placed on a hook or in a net or trap to entice fish or other animals as prey

“Normally, of course, the fisherman puts some kind of bait on the hook such as nightcrawlers or balls of dough.”

Noun

Something designed to mislead to divert attention

attention-grabber

diversionary tactic

misleading clue

wild-goose chase

irresistible bait

misrepresentation

confidence trick

smoke and mirrors

sleight of hand

monkey business

window-dressing

sanctimoniousness

oldest trick in the book

eye-catching novelty

underhandedness

unscrupulousness

course of action

bait and switch

specious reasoning

artful argument

bread and circuses

bread and games

hypocritical talk

hypocritical behaviour

surreptitiousness

double-crossing

confidence game

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Noun

A sum of money or other inducement offered or given to bribe someone

influence peddling

reward for treachery

corrupting gift

money under the table

liberation money

something extra

little something extra

little something

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Verb

To attract or lure by temptation, typically using deception

make your mouth water

dangle a carrot in front of

whet the appetite of

arouse someone's interest in

persuade to buy

keep someone hanging on

talk someone into something

twist one's arm

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“But just when he agreed with his inner demons on how he would bait her with his tired and helpless act in the parking lot, a man walked in and approached her with a hug and kiss.”

Verb

To deceive or fool someone, typically by luring them

lead up the garden path

play for a sucker

pull a fast one on

pull a swifty on

take advantage of

take for a ride

put one over on

put someone up to something

propagandize^US

give wrong information to

bait and switch

propagandise^UK

pull the wool over someone's eyes

send on a wild goose chase

throw off the scent

put on the wrong track

lead up garden path

give someone a bum steer

put up smoke screen

give the wrong impression

lead down the garden path

put on false front

take to the cleaners

outmanoeuvre^UK

play a trick on

pull someone's leg

do the dirty on

sell down the river

throw dust in someone's eyes

take for a fool

play games with

take to cleaners

get the better of

pull a fast one

make a sucker of

play for a fool

sell a bill of goods to

do someone in the eye

twist around your little finger

play fast and loose with

pull something funny

stack the cards

stretch the rules

hit below the belt

give the runaround

send on a wild-goose chase

break the rules

be unfaithful to

stab in the back

play someone false

break faith with

take liberties with

use for one's own ends

not tell the truth

be economical with the truth

not speak the truth

make up a story

tell a falsehood

lie through one's teeth

stretch the truth

tell a white lie

perjure oneself

tell a terminological inexactitude

concoct a story

forswear oneself

bear false witness

say something untrue

depart from the truth

tell an untruth

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“The opponent had used a scheme to bait him out of his guard and then sneak attack him from the shadows.”

Verb

To annoy or provoke through teasing

take the mickey

be on the back of

get on the nerves of

take the piss out of

get in the hair of

give a hard time

be on your back

rub up the wrong way

drive up the wall

get on your nerves

get under your skin

get in your hair

get your back up

poke mullock at

give someone grief

pull someone's leg

make jokes about

be sarcastic about

make a monkey of

breathe down someone's neck

be on one's case

make things hot for someone

rub the wrong way

get on someone's back

make it hot for someone

bend someone's ear

make your blood boil

put your back up

give someone the hump

get on one's nerves

give someone hell

make a monkey out of

give the business

hurl insults at

search high heaven

drive to distraction

discriminate against

be a nuisance to

play cat and mouse

rub salt in wound

put through wringer

work into lather

get across someone

try your patience

send into a rage

take a rise out of

raise your hackles

get a rise out of

hit where one lives

run up the wrong way

make somebody's hackles rise

get on your wick

ruffle one's feathers

lose one's temper

get your dander up

give someone the pip

make someone see red

rattle someone's cage

get up someone's nose

bust someone's balls

find fault with

keep complaining to

shout catcalls at

drive round the bend

drive round the twist

give a bad time

rattle one's cage

cause suffering to

cause trouble to

weigh heavily on

throw off balance

drive you up the wall

cause anguish to

put someone's nose out of joint

get on someone's case

cause anxiety to

take advantage of

be a great weight on

put someone off their stroke

weigh heavily on one's mind

hurt somebody's feelings

put into a flap

throw into a tizz

cause someone to lose their composure

cause concern to

cause discomfort to

cut to the quick

make uncomfortable

make someone fed up

rub you up the wrong way

weigh heavily on someone's mind

prey on your mind

punish unfairly

breath down someone's neck

be in someone's way

put pressure on

bring pressure to bear on

be in someone's hair

get your hackles up

push someon's buttons

put the squeeze on

come back to haunt

arouse hostility in

jump on one's case

be a weight on one's mind

be the victim of

arouse anxiety in

make it tough for

upset the applecart

mess with someone's head

do someone's head in

break one's heart

give the needle

hit a sour note

put a damper on

break the heart of

put into a funk

have had enough

make discontented

exhaust someone's patience

try the patience of

cause resentment to

cause annoyance to

stick in one's craw

lie heavy on someone's mind

weigh heavy on someone's mind

be a weight on someone's mind

set one's teeth on edge

have your knife into

cause someone distress

make demands on

make severe demands on

put a strain on

catch off balance

throw into tizzy

do an injustice to

be a pain in the neck

be a thorn in someone's side

give no quarter

lay a bad trip on

step on the toes of

make despondent

show ill will towards

take the heart out of

cause to feel emotional strain

cause to feel mental strain

put in traction

push to the limit

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“Charlie loved to bait him, but his jibes usually rolled off Travis's back like water off an oilskin tarp.”

Verb

To catch or try to catch fish, typically by using a net or hook and line

cast one's hook

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