Meaning of hook, line and sinker | Babel Free

Definitions

Completely; (of a belief or acceptance) naively or unquestioningly.

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“I told him you were just a friend, and he fell for it hook, line and sinker.”

“In a lengthy post on his social media website, Truth Social, Trump accused his voters on Wednesday of falling for what he called a “radical left” hoax by the opposition to discredit him. “Their new SCAM is what we will forever call the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax, and my PAST supporters have bought into this ‘bullshit,’ hook, line, and sinker.””

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