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adverb
Etymology: from analogy with a well-hooked fish
Date: 1838
without hesitation or reservation ; completely <fell for the story hook, line and sinker>
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hook, line and sinker
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Hook, Line and Sinker — may refer to:* Hook, Line and Sinker (1930 film), a slapstick comedy starring Wheeler Woolsey * Hook, Line Sinker (1969 film), a comedy starring Jerry Lewis * Hook, Line and Sinker, characters in Marvel s Transformers comics * Hook, Line and… … Wikipedia
hook, line, and sinker — If somebody accepts or believes something hook, line, and sinker, they accept it completely … The small dictionary of idiomes
hook, line, and sinker — ► hook, line, and sinker entirely. Main Entry: ↑hook … English terms dictionary
hook, line and sinker — adverb : without hesitation or reservation : completely * * * hook, line and sinker Complete or completely • • • Main Entry: ↑hook * * * hook, line and sinker informal : without hesitation or doubt : ↑completely He gave them some ridiculous… … Useful english dictionary
hook, line, and sinker — completely. The public isn t swallowing the administration s policies hook, line, and sinker. They made up such a good story that we fell for it hook, line, and sinker. Usage notes: often used in the forms fall for something hook, line, and… … New idioms dictionary
hook, line, and sinker — COMPLETELY, totally, utterly, entirely, wholly, absolutely, through and through, one hundred per cent, lock, stock, and barrel. → hook * * * hook, line, and sinker phrase believing something completely, usually something that is not true I told… … Useful english dictionary
hook, line and sinker — {adv. phr.}, {informal} Without question or doubt; completely. * /Johnny was so easily fooled that he fell for Joe s story, hook, line and sinker./ * /Mary was such a romantic girl that she swallowed the story Alice told her about her date, hook … Dictionary of American idioms
hook, line and sinker — {adv. phr.}, {informal} Without question or doubt; completely. * /Johnny was so easily fooled that he fell for Joe s story, hook, line and sinker./ * /Mary was such a romantic girl that she swallowed the story Alice told her about her date, hook … Dictionary of American idioms
hook,\ line\ and\ sinker — adv. phr. informal Without question or doubt; completely. Johnny was so easily fooled that he fell for Joe s story, hook, line and sinker. Mary was such a romantic girl that she swallowed the story Alice told her about her date, hook, line and… … Словарь американских идиом
hook, line, and sinker — mod. totally. □ She fell for it hook, line, and sinker. □ They believed every word hook, line, and sinker … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
hook, line, and sinker — entirely: he fell hook, line, and sinker for the joke. → hook … English new terms dictionary
