hook, line, and sinker
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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 university's version of events had been swallowed and accepted hook line and sinker by the establishment.
From Salon ● Mar. 25, 2023
All four guards snapped to attention at my words and took off at a full sprint toward my house, yelling commands into their communicators as they took my story hook, line, and sinker.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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