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
He said his own grandfather also had Parkinson's and as soon as he spoke to Samuel and heard his music, he was "in hook, line and sinker".
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2023
The university's version of events had been swallowed and accepted hook line and sinker by the establishment.
From Salon ● Mar. 25, 2023
This one hangs out in the same crowd with hook, line, and sinker and lock, stock, and barrel. can of worms.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
