take the bait

also swallow the bait

to accept something that was offered to get you to do something I flirted with Kate, teased her some, but she never took the bait. Others tried to focus on our disagreements, but we didn't take the bait and instead talked about what we can do together.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Jorrit	-	Frisian
Kato	-	Eastern African, Ganda
Marina	mah-REE-nah (Italian, Spanish, German, Russian), mə-REEN-ə (English)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, English, Greek, Russian, Uk
Vitalijus	-	Lithuanian
Osmund	-	Anglo-Saxon
Moshe	-	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew