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bait and switch

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“Sometimes the bait-and-switch is legitimate because apartments go so fast,” he says.

Bait-and-switch was the whole glorious gimmick of high-low editing, and I am happily guilty on every count.

Tom Harkin (D-IA) described the proposal to reporters as “a classic bait-and-switch.”

There may be a backlash for this bait-and-switch among some independent voters, but probably not from most Tea Party activists.

Politically committed directors who want to reach a large public often try what might be termed a bait-and-switch strategy.

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On this page you'll find 33 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to bait-and-switch, such as: bait and switch, boiler room, bunco game, bunko, con, and confidence trick.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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