I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
resist the lure of sth (= resist its attractive quality )
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Bond could never resist the lure of a beautiful woman.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
away
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But this would not be the way to lure away her Jack.
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Smaller banks started working on marketing campaigns designed to lure away disenchanted First Interstate-Wells Fargo customers.
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By careful arrangement he had been lured away while preparations were made.
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Competition also got rougher, with rival Natural Wonders Inc. of Fremont and similar stores luring away consumers.
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Mr Gorman lost his temper and accused Travis of luring away his daughter.
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Who saw the children being lured away ?
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The biggest task of the Leftist Unity party will be to lure away the working class from the Socialists.
back
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Ivor and Pauline were lured back to Stroud's bungalow at Staunton, on the pretext of discussing the cash settlement.
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Year after year he was lured back to the Falls.
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Civil servant who cut up the boys he lured back to his house, burned the pieces, buried them.
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Mr Florio also authorized aggressive new deals for some big advertisers, luring back General Motors in the process.
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We women can not be lured back as long as the extreme right is in control.
■ VERB
hope
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Mr Whiteman is hoping to lure professionals away from the major contractors.
try
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The film charts the efforts of a dodgy theatre manager trying to lure the singer back for a last encore.
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Once the men are seated in the living room off the inside patio, they try to lure the children into conversation.
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He tried to lure Wallace back last year but was frightened off by a £1m price tag.
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Johnson also is trying to lure Dallas offensive line coach Hudson Houck to join him with the Dolphins.
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Founded in 1900, Beaulieu Vineyard is trying to lure younger wine drinkers.
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Joe tried luring the dorados out by dangling a silver fishing lure over the edge of the raft.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Ever since I left the company they have been making attempts to lure me back.
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Peasants were lured into joining the People's Army by the promises of large sums of money for their families.
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The boy apparently lured the girl into his bedroom and attacked her.
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The burglary was set up in order to lure the police officer into an ambush.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Clinton used a state trooper to lure her to a hotel room during a state-sponsored event in 1991.
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He's only a seven month old pup and the thieves probably had an easy time luring him away.
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It can take months and years to lure new employers to a region.
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Ivor and Pauline were lured back to Stroud's bungalow at Staunton, on the pretext of discussing the cash settlement.
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Next, she lures him out to her convertible.
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The digging and concealing of pits into which animals could be lured was an even greater mental triumph.
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The film charts the efforts of a dodgy theatre manager trying to lure the singer back for a last encore.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But the lure of this historical explanation is to be resisted.
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His descriptions of everything from lures to reels to fish finders read like they are straight out of a company press release.
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I had felt the lure of the unexplored, the compulsion to go where others had not been.
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I start reeling in the lure .
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I started moving the lure when it was already in her beak, but before she could tear it.
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Rudolf had some notion of the lure and the seduction of all that.
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She explains why these girls need love, direction, education, a way out of the lures of gang life.
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Suddenly a fish took the lure .