hook line and sinker

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Adv.1.hook line and sinker - in every detailhook line and sinker - in every detail; "he believed her story hook, line, and sinker"
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Any decision rendered by them is supposed to have passed judicious and prudent scrutiny such that people simply have to accept its wisdom hook, line and sinker.
Justices should feel public pulse
The trouble is people swallow these things hook, line and sinker.
Lies, damned lies and statistics
And, although every home crowd inevitably thinks that they get the rough end of the stick, he did seem all too gullible whenever Scunthorpe went to ground - the most glaring example when Josh Morris took an outrageous dive under a challenge from Jamie Sterry and Mr Moss, woefully behind play, swallowed it hook, line and sinker.
Don't know what he's doing!
The referee bought it hook, line and sinker. That penalty was the defining moment in the game." - Fermanagh boss Pete McGrath hits out after Aidan O'Shea was awarded late penalty that put Mayo ahead for first time in qualifier
Full-time The final say on the weekend action.
The Twilight star, 28, fell for it hook, line and sinker when his older sisters pretended that his middle-aged mum was pregnant.
Patter of tiny deceit
A WOMAN said she fell "hook, line and sinker" for a man accused of having sex with her when she was an underage schoolgirl.
Woman tells how she fell for accused
"Emmanuel was sold hook, line and sinker on the stock," the Sun quoted a source as saying.
Emmanuel Adebayor splashes 10k pounds on 24-carat gold moisturizers
SCHOOLS across Cardiff have gone in hook, line and sinker for sustainable fish and will be showing off their eco-credentials with a seafood celebration.
From the sea to the school
HOLLYOAKS His sister falls for his charm hook, line and sinker, but with Darren's help, Rhys kidnaps Jamie, beats him up, and leaves him in the middle of nowhere with a stern warning to stay away from Hannah.
HOLLYOAKS
YOUR correspondent Linda Hudson appears to have swallowed the Thatcherite mantra of "market forces" hook, line and sinker (Voice of the North, January 28).
No good reason to sacrifice coal mines
Dougie bought it hook, line and sinker and after he found out spat the dummy out so far it cleared the Campsie hills.
Dougie pays the price
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