“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

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To deceive or fool someone, typically by luring them

deceive

victimise^UK

victimize^US

lead up the garden path

maneuver^US

manoeuvre^UK

put someone up to something

give wrong information to

bait and switch

jive

propagandise^UK

pull the wool over someone's eyes

send on a wild goose chase

pull one's leg

caboodle

throw off the scent

put on the wrong track

give someone a bum steer

give the wrong impression

lead down the garden path

outmaneuver^US

throw dust in someone's eyes

do someone in the eye

do out of

sell a bill of goods to

play a practical joke on

play fast and loose with

give the runaround

baffle

pull

send on a wild-goose chase

short-change

twist around your little finger

use for one's own ends

be economical with the truth

lie through one's teeth

tell a terminological inexactitude

concoct a story

be forsworn

depart from the truth

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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

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To annoy or provoke through teasing

victimize^US

victimise^UK

satirize^US

terrorize^US

terrorise^UK

criticize^US

satirise^UK

criticise^UK

breathe down someone's neck

give someone the hump

harp on at

make things hot for someone

make it hot for someone

get on someone's back

tyrannize^US

tyrannise^UK

antagonize^US

drive round the twist

make somebody's hackles rise

boil

get on your wick

arouse

ruffle one's feathers

antagonise^UK

rattle someone's cage

embitter

get up someone's nose

agonize^US

agonise^UK

pressurize^US

pressurise^UK

tantalize^US

tantalise^UK

appal^UK

appall^US

drive you up the wall

put someone's nose out of joint

face

confront

rend

get on someone's case

put someone off their stroke

weigh heavily on one's mind

hurt somebody's feelings

put into a flap

flip out

throw into a tizz

cause someone to lose their composure

rub you up the wrong way

weigh heavily on someone's mind

be prejudiced against

breath down someone's neck

cavil

tear away at

harangue

show ill will towards

feel ill will towards

push about

bear a grudge towards

belabour^UK

bring pressure to bear on

push someon's buttons

be a weight on someone's mind

belabor^US

be a weight on one's mind

exhaust someone's patience

set one's teeth on edge

lie heavy on someone's mind

weigh heavy on someone's mind

demonize^US

mess with someone's head

cause someone distress

make severe demands on

demonise^UK

dishonor^US

dishonour^UK

be a pain in the neck

be a thorn in someone's side

traumatize^US

traumatise^UK

cause to feel emotional strain

overdo

cause to feel mental strain

take the heart out of

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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

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