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siren song
siren song
noun
Definition of SIREN SONG
something that persuades one to perform an action for pleasure or gain <the opportunity for fame and fortune is the siren song that has long lured the ambitious to the big city>
Related Words appeal, call; attraction, boost, encouragement, goad, impetus, impulse, incentive, inducement, motivation, persuasion, seducement, seduction, spur, stimulus; decoy, snare, trap; entrapment, mousetrap
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