rise to the bait
swallow the bait

No, it was not he who rose to the bait.

But can we be quite sure he will rise to the bait?

But today the doctor would not rise to the bait.

And by rising to the bait, you've given force to her argument.

We have advised him not to rise to the bait.

When provoked, the middle class rose to the bait every time.

The trick with her was not to rise to the bait.

So far, they had shown no sign of rising to the bait.

Furious for rising to the bait, she turned her back on him.

But Del, after a moment, did not rise to the bait at all.

Jacob gave him a hard look, but decided not to rise to the bait.

Ellie did not rise to the bait, and he continued.

Instead of rising to the bait, the stranger turned and walked on.

He rose to the bait like a bass to a fly.

I would get nowhere rising to the bait and fighting with her.

He was a- She hesitated, telling herself not to rise to the bait.

I debated on whether to rise to the bait, or let it pass.

She glared at him, refusing to rise to the bait.

Maybelle put down the book and rose to the bait.

Many of the men rose to the bait only if it squirmed.

She closed her eyes, calming herself, not rising to the bait.

Women rarely rise to the bait when the subject is jealousy.

Mom shook her head, refusing to rise to the bait.

Waterhouse has been in the military long enough that he does not rise to the bait.

Maureen nearly bit her tongue in half to keep from rising to the bait.

But here, as elsewhere, she is far too good a historian to swallow the bait whole.

If the hacker bit, he'd take two hours to swallow the bait.

The problem is this: Othello has always been quick to swallow the bait.

He has nibbled and swallowed the bait, Ned thought to himself.

They swallowed the bait and marched off to the frontier."

The fish had swallowed the bait remarkably easily, Fiona thought.

That otherwise discerning women swallow the bait is less amusing.

Or, more to the point, he waited around doing nothing, hoping that his opponent would eventually swallow the bait.

The emissary swallowed the bait, and at once went off to get in touch with his master.

"He's swallowed the bait right down to his tail, I declare.

"What if they do not swallow the bait, Captain?"

Bey had swallowed the bait, all the way down.

The rats swallowed the bait, but they couldn't vomit it out.

Among all the fanatics who swallow the bait, someone from one of the genuine groups, caught off guard, will come forward.

"Is that it, they've swallowed the bait so deep?

I let out a little slack, to make sure it had properly swallowed the bait, before giving the line a good yank.

He let the fish peel off enough line to swallow the bait, but not quite discover and spit out the hook.

"The Great Hound has swallowed the bait," he said, turning back to me.

"Well, she swallowed the bait," he told himself.

The Cardassians had swallowed the bait, and now the trap snapped shut.

Bruce had swallowed the bait and was off to retrieve for himself the million-dollar treasure from the ancient past of China.

He was swallowing the bait like a hungry shark gulping down a minnow!

And out of the entire crew, Chakotay had swallowed the bait the quickest.

He has already swallowed the bait.

Certain that his victim was about to sink, the yacht's captain swallowed the bait and idled closer.