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

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

Fall for the rules, hook, line, and sinker!

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith