SWALLOW THE HOOK LINE AND SINKER

Meaning of SWALLOW THE HOOK LINE AND SINKER in English

believe everything one hears

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SINKER — noun Date: 1632 one that sinks, doughnut , a fastball that sinks as it reaches the plate
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SWALLOW — I. ˈswä(ˌ)lō, -_lə also ˈswȯ(-; -_ləw, -_lō+V; dial, or NE+V, -_lər noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English swalwe, swalowe, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LINE — I. ˈlīn noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English līn — more at linen 1. a. archaic …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOOK — I. ˈhu̇k noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English hok, hook, from Old English hōc; akin to Old Frisian hōk …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SINKER — ˈsiŋkə(r) noun ( -s ) Etymology: sink (I) + -er 1. : one that sinks: as a. (1) : one …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SINKER — (n.) In knitting machines, one of the thin plates, blades, or other devices, that depress the loops upon or between …
Английский словарь Webster
SINKER — (n.) A weight on something, as on a fish line, to sink it.
Английский словарь Webster
SWALLOW — swallow 1 — swallowable , adj. — swallower , n. /swol"oh/ , v.t. 1. to take into the stomach by …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LINE — line 1 — linable, lineable , adj. — lineless , adj. — linelike , adj. /luyn/ , n. , v. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HOOK — hook 1 — hookless , adj. — hooklike , adj. /hook/ , n. 1. a curved or angular piece of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SWALLOW — I. ˈswä-(ˌ)lō noun Etymology: Middle English swalowe, from Old English swealwe; akin to Old High German swalawa swallow Date: before …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HOOK — I. ˈhu̇k noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hōc; akin to Middle Dutch hoec fishhook, corner, Lithuanian kengė hook …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SINKER — noun Date: 1632 1. : one that sinks ; specifically : a weight for sinking a fishing line, seine, or …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SWALLOW — noun that which ingulfs; a whirlpool. 2. swallow ·noun capacity for swallowing; voracity. 3. swallow ·noun taste; relish; inclination; liking. …
Webster English vocab
SINKER — noun one who, or that which, sinks. 2. sinker ·noun a weight on something, as on a fish line, to …
Webster English vocab
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Webster English vocab
HOOK — noun a snare; a trap. 2. hook ·noun ·see eccentric, and v-hook. 3. hook ·vt to steal. 4. hook ·noun …
Webster English vocab
SWALLOW — [swal.low] n [ME swalowe, fr. OE swealwe; akin to OHG swalawa swallow] (bef. 12c) 1: any of numerous small widely …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SINKER — [sink.er] n (1708) 1: one that sinks; specif: a weight for sinking a fishing line, seine, or sounding line 2: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HOOK — [hook] n [ME, fr. OE hoc; akin to MD hoec fishhook, corner, Lith kenge hook] (bef. 12c) 1 a: a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SWALLOW — any of the 74 species of the bird family Hirundinidae (order Passeriformes). A few, including the bank swallow, are called …
Britannica English vocabulary
SWALLOW — swallow, S~ BrE AmE ˈswɒl əʊ AmE ˈswɑːl oʊ ▷ swallow|ed d ▷ swallow|er/s ə/z AmE \ ə r/z ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SINKER — sinker BrE AmE ˈsɪŋk ə AmE \ - ə r ▷ sinker|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SWALLOW — / ˈswɒləʊ; NAmE ˈswɑːloʊ/ verb , noun ■ verb FOOD / DRINK 1. to make food, drink, etc. go down …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOOK — / hʊk; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. a curved piece of metal, plastic or wire for hanging …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SWALLOW — I. swal ‧ low 1 /ˈswɒləʊ $ ˈswɑːloʊ/ BrE AmE verb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: swelgan ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SINKER — sink ‧ er /ˈsɪŋkə $ -ər/ BrE AmE ⇨ hook, line, and sinker at ↑ hook 1 (9)
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LINE — I. line 1 S1 W1 /laɪn/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Origin: Partly from Old French ligne , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HOOK — I. hook 1 S3 /hʊk/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: hoc ] 1 . HANGING …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SWALLOW — n. any of various migratory swift-flying insect-eating birds of the family Hirundinidae, esp. Hirundo rustica, with a forked tail and …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LINE — n. & v. --n. 1 a continuous mark or band made on a surface (drew a line). 2 use of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HOOK — n. & v. --n. 1 a a piece of metal or other material bent back at an angle or with …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SWALLOW — n. any of various migratory swift-flying insect-eating birds of the family Hirundinidae, esp. Hirundo rustica, with a forked tail and …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LINE — n. & v. n. 1 a continuous mark or band made on a surface (drew a line). 2 use of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HOOK — n. & v. n. 1 a a piece of metal or other material bent back at an angle or with …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SWALLOW — 1. v. & n. --v. 1. tr. cause or allow (food etc.) to pass down the throat. 2 intr. perform …
Oxford English vocab
LINE — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a continuous mark or band made on a surface (drew a line). 2 use …
Oxford English vocab
HOOK — n. & v. --n. 1. a a piece of metal or other material bent back at an angle or with …
Oxford English vocab
SWALLOW — ( swallows, swallowing, swallowed) 1. If you swallow something, you cause it to go from your mouth down into your …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SINKER — You can use hook, line, and sinker to emphasize that someone is tricked or forced into a situation completely. We …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LINE — ( lines, lining, lined) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A line …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOOK — ( hooks, hooking, hooked) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A hook …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SINKER — PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES hook, line, and sinker ▪ The media bought Stuart's story hook , line, and sinker. ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LINE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a boundary line ▪ There was some disagreement about the exact position of the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HOOK — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a coat hook (= for hanging a coat on a wall ) ▪ He …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SWALLOW — [noun] [C]A swallow is an act of using the muscles of your throat, or the amount of something you move …
Cambridge English vocab
SINKER — [noun] [C]A sinker is a weight fixed to a fishing net or line to keep it under the water.
Cambridge English vocab
SWALLOW — Synonyms and related words : abide, abjure, ablate, absorb, accede, accept, accept for gospel, accept implicitly, acquiesce, allow, and sinker, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SINKER — See: HOOK, LINE AND SINKER.
Slang English vocab
LINE — INDEX: 1. a line on paper 2. a line of colour 3. a line on the ground or on the …
Longman Activator English vocab
SWALLOW — n. 25B6; verb she couldn't swallow anything : EAT, gulp down, consume, devour, put away; ingest, assimilate; drink, guzzle, quaff, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SWALLOW — v. 1 eat, consume, devour, ingest, dispatch or despatch; drink, gulp, guzzle, down, Colloq put or pack away, swig, swill …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
HOOK — n. 1 hanger, peg, holder; fastener, catch, clasp, clip, pin Hang your hat on that hook I'm using a safety …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SINKER — See: HOOK, LINE AND SINKER.
Словарь английских идиом
SINKER — (*) In naval mine warfare, a heavy weight to which a buoyant mine is moored. The sinker generally houses the …
DOD English Dictionary of Military Terms
SWALLOW — I 1. сущ. 1) глоток I took a swallow of brandy. ≈ Я глотнул бренди. Syn : draught, gulp 2) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SINKER — сущ. 1) грузило (для удочки, невода и т. п.) Syn : plummet, sink-stone hook, line and sinker ≈ эмоц.-усил. совершенно, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LINE — I 1. сущ. 1) а) линия, черта; штрих to draw a line ≈ провести линию fine, thin line ≈ тонкая …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SWALLOW — swallow.ogg _I 1. ʹswɒləʋ n 1. глоток at a swallow - одним глотком, залпом to take a swallow of water …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LINE — line.ogg _I 1. laın n 1. 1> линия ( тж. мат. ) straight bent, curved line - прямая изогнутая, кривая …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

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