bait up

verb

To place bait on fishing tackle preparatory to fishing.

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Meanings

verbbait up (third-person singular simple present baits up, present participle baiting up, simple past and past participle baited up)

present singular third person baits up · participle present baiting up · participle past baited up · past baited up

  1. transitivefishingTo place bait on fishing tackle preparatory to fishing.

    The housewife smiled to herself and started baiting up the hook.

    1983, The Fisherman Who Laughed, page 29
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Chicago

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