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
Andon	-	Bulgarian, Macedonian
Sadie	['seidi]
Maija	MIE-yah	Finnish
Aias	ie-ahs (Ancient Greek)	Greek Mythology
Heino	HIE-no (German), HAY-no (Finnish)	German, Dutch, Danish, Finnish, Estonian
Carmelita	[.ka:mə'li:tə]