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
Valery	[.vælə'ri:]
Cindi	SIN-dee	English
Clemente	kle-MEN-te (Italian, Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Eleonoora	E-le-o-no:-rah	Finnish (Rare)
Graziella	graht-SYEL-lah	Italian
Blaguna	-	Macedonian, Bulgarian