swallow the bait

swallow/take the bait

to accept something that is only being offered to you so that you will do something The offer of a free radio with every television proved very popular, and hundreds of shoppers swallowed the bait.

See rise to the bait

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Genie	JEE-nee	English
Esti	-	Basque
Charmian	CHAHR-mee-ən, SHAHR-mee-ən	English (Rare)
Noboru	no-bo-ṙoo	Japanese
Marine	ma-REEN (French)	French, Georgian
Priskilla	-	Biblical Greek