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hook,_line_and_sinker

hook, line and sinker

English

Alternative forms

  • rod, line and sinker

Adverb

hook, line and sinker

  1. (idiomatic) Completely; (of belief or acceptance) naively or unquestioningly.
    I told him you were just a friend, and he fell for it hook, line and sinker.

Synonyms

  • See also Wikisaurus:completely

Translations

See also

  • Icelandic: gína við

References

  1. hook, line and sinker” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).