hook, line, and sinker
Example Sentences
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These rulings have adopted Scalia’s historical account hook, line, and sinker.
From Slate • Dec. 4, 2025
I am a believer that you should not take the sentiment data hook, line, and sinker because we know that what a consumer says and what they do can sometimes be different things.
From Barron's • Nov. 17, 2025
But Snoop Dogg’s smoke-free hook, line and sinker still doesn’t explain why homemaking savant Martha Stewart has canceled Thanksgiving.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2023
The German military intelligence, the Abwehr, fell for it hook, line and sinker, and a copy of Martin's letters for the plans of a Greek invasion landed on Adolf Hitler's desk.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2022
And the kid had fallen for it, hook, line and sinker, although the conversation had gone back and forth for a while.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
