rise to the bait
To do what someone else intends or suggests one should do
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Main Entry: ↑bait
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rise to it or rise to the bait (figurative, from fishing)
To take the lure
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Main Entry: ↑rise
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rise to the bait british phrase
to become angry when someone is deliberately trying to annoy you
Thesaurus: to be, or to become angry or annoyedsynonym
Main entry: bait
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Ireact to a provocation or temptation exactly as intended
Jenny was being provocatively rude, but he never rose to the bait
see bait
Useful english dictionary. 2012.