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baiting and switching

baiting and switching is the present participle and gerund of bait and switch.

Meaning of bait and switch

Verb

bait and switch (third-person singular simple present baits and switches, present participle baiting and switching, simple past and past participle baited and switched)

  1. To lure someone with an offer of some kind, but substitute something of greater advantage to the offerer.
    • Not when you are baiting and switching down from a stately antebellum manse to a tenement crack house.2008, Sarah Bird, How Perfect is That, page 242

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Questions about baiting and switching

What is baiting and switching the present participle and gerund of?
Baiting and switching is the present participle and gerund of bait and switch.

Words near baiting and switching in the dictionary

  1. baithook
  2. baithooks
  3. baitier
  4. baitiest
  5. baiting
  6. baiting and switching
  7. baiting up
  8. baitings
  9. baitless
  10. baitly
  11. Baitou

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