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
The university's version of events had been swallowed and accepted hook line and sinker by the establishment.
From Salon • Mar. 25, 2023
"Everybody who was making it thought about it a lot, bought hook line and sinker into the idea that it was about embracing the darkness, and made that decision," he said.
From BBC • Oct. 4, 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
