hook, line and sinker
adverb
: without hesitation or reservation : completely
fell for the story hook, line and sinker
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But Snoop Dogg’s smoke-free hook, line and sinker still doesn’t explain why homemaking savant Martha Stewart has canceled Thanksgiving.
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Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2023
Logan falls for it, hook, line and sinker.
—Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2021
And in the last election, over 70 million people bought it hook, line and sinker.
—Steve Appleford, SPIN, 26 May 2022
Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2023
Logan falls for it, hook, line and sinker.
—Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2021
And in the last election, over 70 million people bought it hook, line and sinker.
—Steve Appleford, SPIN, 26 May 2022
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