sinker

See: HOOK, LINE AND SINKER.

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hook, line, and sinker

[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 […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

swallow hook, line, and sinker

[swallow hook, line, and sinker] See: [HOOK, LINE, AND SINKER]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

line

[line] See: [BLOW ONE'S LINES] or [FLUFF ONE'S LINES], [CHOW LINE], [DOWN THE LINE], [DRAW A LINE] or [DRAW THE LINE], [DROP A LINE], [END OF THE ROAD] or [END […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

signed, sealed, and delivered

[signed, sealed, and delivered] {adj. phr.} Finished; completed; in a state of completion. * /"How is the campus renovation plan for the governor's office coming along?" the dean of the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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бешеные деньги

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pass by the board

[pass by the board] See: [GO BY THE BOARD].

put by

[put by] {v.} To save for the future; lay aside. * /He had put by a good sum during a working lifetime./

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