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baits and switches

baits and switches is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 baits and switches

What is baits and switches the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Baits and switches is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bait and switch.

Words near baits and switches in the dictionary

  1. baitings
  2. baitless
  3. baitly
  4. Baitou
  5. baits
  6. baits and switches
  7. baits up
  8. baitshop
  9. baitshops
  10. baitware
  11. baitwell

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