- lure someone to
- entice someone to, tempt someone to
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
lure someone to
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lure — [[t]ljʊ͟ə(r), AM l ʊr[/t]] lures, luring, lured 1) VERB To lure someone means to trick them into a particular place or to trick them into doing something that they should not do. [V n prep/adv] He lured her to his home and shot her with his… … English dictionary
lure# — lure n Lure, bait, decoy, snare, trap all denote something that leads an animal or a person into a particular place or situation from which escape is difficult. Lure suggests something that always attracts and often deceives {threw out all the… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
lure — [loor] n. [ME < MFr leurre < OFr loirre, prob. < Frank or Goth * lōthr, akin to MDu loder, lure, OE lathian, to invite] 1. a device consisting of a bunch of feathers on the end of a long cord, often baited with food: it is used in… … English World dictionary
lure — [lʊə, ljʊə ǁ lʊr] verb [transitive] to attract customers, workers, money etc from another company or place, especially by making a product, service, or job sound very exciting, profitable etc: • Even with Oscar nominations to lure audiences, the… … Financial and business terms
lure — I UK [ljʊə(r)] / US [lʊr] verb [transitive] Word forms lure : present tense I/you/we/they lure he/she/it lures present participle luring past tense lured past participle lured to persuade someone to do something by making it look very attractive… … English dictionary
lure — lure1 [ lur ] verb transitive to persuade someone to do something by making it look very attractive: The campaign is designed to lure tourists back to the province. You hope your kids will not be lured into smoking. lure lure 2 [ lur ] noun count … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
lure — lure1 [luə, ljuə US lur] v [T] 1.) to persuade someone to do something, especially something wrong or dangerous, by making it seem attractive or exciting lure sb into (doing) sth ▪ People may be lured into buying tickets by clever advertising.… … Dictionary of contemporary English
lure — 1 verb (T) to persuade someone to do something, especially something wrong, by promising them something they want; tempt: lure sb into/to/away etc: I think he s trying to lure you away from Jerry. | prospectors lured to Alaska by the promise of… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
lure — [ljʊə] verb [T] I to persuade someone to do something by making it look very attractive II noun [C] lure [ljʊə] something that attracts someone into a situation … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
Lake Lure, North Carolina — Infobox Settlement official name = Lake Lure, North Carolina settlement type = Town nickname = motto = imagesize = image caption = image mapsize = 250x200px map caption = Location of Lake Lure, North Carolina. mapsize1 = map caption1 =… … Wikipedia
