bait and switch
To lure someone with an offer of some kind, but substitute something of greater…To lure someone with an offer of some kind, but substitute something of greater advantage to the offerer.
» In this store they like to bait and switch.
До цього магазину полюбляють заманювати клієнтів недобросовісною рекламою. — deniko
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1 sensesTo lure someone with an offer of some kind, but substitute something of greater advantage to the offerer.
Examples
2 sentencesIn this store they like to bait and switch.
До цього магазину полюбляють заманювати клієнтів недобросовісною рекламою. — deniko
That low price was a bait and switch to get us into the store.
Forms
baits and switches, baiting and switching, baited and switched, baited and switched| Base form | bait and switch · to bait and switch |
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| 3rd person singular | baits and switches |
| Present participle | baiting and switching |
| Past simple | baited and switched |
| Past participle | baited and switched |
irregular
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.