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Words for When You're Not Holding Back
Words for When You're Not Holding Back
Sometimes you have to go all in.
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“Hook, line and sinker.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hook%2C%20line%20and%20sinker. Accessed 23 January 2020.
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The first known use of hook, line and sinker was in 1838
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