I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
ground bait
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
rise
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She could rage till she fell down in a fit, but he wouldn't rise to the bait .
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But she never rose to the bait .
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They rose to the bait and decided they needed to prove a point, putting together their nine-piece Bootsy Collins-featuring live band.
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She was concentrating too intently to rise to the bait .
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I felt I was arguing on behalf of myself and the other two, who never rose to the bait .
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He was a real showman, and however he was feeling, he always rose to the bait of a captive audience!
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But she clamped her lips together and didn't rise to the bait .
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Do you rise to the bait ?
take
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It would be interesting to see how many big bream could be taken from Grafham if bait and bottom fishing were allowed.
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Maybe you stationed yourself where you could keep an eye on the lobby to see if I took the bait .
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Both the carp angler and the fish nutritionist want the carp to take their bait or diet.
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The yellowfins, too, were becoming wary and took the bait less often.
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And in any case, the other austere Benedictine had taken the bait .
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But in the stagecraft of dethronement, Kingsley had not taken the bait , had not even blinked.
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She had the disagreeable impression that she'd now well and truly taken the bait , and was to provide entertainment accordingly.
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He wanted a big fish to take her bait .
use
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Other hunters use objects as bait .
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We were kind of used for bait .
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They use special poison bait holders called hoppers.
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Later in the war, they openly admitted that perimeters were used as bait .
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Some individual birds do not use edible bait , but inedible lures, such as feathers.
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He uses them for coyote bait .
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Don't you know you're using that boy like bait to catch a fish?
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He uses crabs for bait , the caption informs.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Worms make excellent fish bait .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Don't you know you're using that boy like bait to catch a fish?
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For a beginner, the bait is often one of the hedgehog cacti, also known as the Echinocereanae.
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For interferon has been dangled as a bait before investors with more money than scientific sense.
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I felt I was arguing on behalf of myself and the other two, who never rose to the bait .
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My favourite game was capturing two using bait and a net, then tying them together.
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Some individual birds do not use edible bait , but inedible lures, such as feathers.
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The bait here is a certificate good for future travel for your cooperation in delaying your trip.
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The more supple a line the more natural a bait will behave in the water.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
trap
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There is no need to bait the trap in any way.
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That, she said later, was how life baited the trap .
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Not only are they free, but one dead dolphin can bait over 350 traps .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Goodman refused to be baited into saying anything bad about his co-star.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All the traps were baited, but none of them was set.
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Ben told me that Carl had baited him.
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Elice occasionally flirted with Nathan to bait Urran.
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He said I was baiting him.
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I suppose Miss Martindale had been baiting you?
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Johnson quickly baited up in the silence.
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Marge felt that Kitty was baiting her.
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Nicola was baiting him now, kicking water, her face contorted with anger.