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to persuade someone to do something or go somewhere by offering them something exciting: She was lured into the job by the offer of a high salary. He had lured his victim to a deserted house. Supermarket chains try to lure customers with price discounts. Synonyms. attract. entice. tempt. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples.
to persuade someone to do something or go somewhere by offering them something exciting: She was lured into the job by the offer of a high salary. He had lured his victim to a deserted house. Supermarket chains try to lure customers with price discounts. Synonyms. attract. entice. tempt. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples.
verb. lured; luring. transitive verb. 1. : to recall or exercise (a hawk) by means of a lure. 2. : to draw with a hint of pleasure or gain : attract actively and strongly. Synonyms.
1. To attract or entice, especially by wiles or temptation: Customers were lured to the store by ads promising big discounts. 2. To recall (a falcon) with a lure. [Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, of Germanic origin.] lur′er n. lur′ing·ly adv. Synonyms: lure, entice, decoy, tempt, seduce.
verb. /lʊə (r)/ /lʊr/ (disapproving) Verb Forms. lure somebody (+ adv./prep.) to persuade or trick somebody to go somewhere or to do something by promising them a reward synonym entice. The child was lured into a car but managed to escape. Young people are lured to the city by the prospect of a job and money. Extra Examples.
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. He lured them to the warehouse by claiming that he had left his money there. [VERB noun preposition/adverb] They did not realise that they were being lured into a trap. [VERB noun preposition/adverb]
lure meaning, definition, what is lure: to persuade someone to do something, esp...: Learn more.
: to cause or persuade (a person or an animal) to go somewhere or to do something by offering some pleasure or gain. advertisers trying to lure [= attract] a younger audience to their products. They lured the bear out of its den. The suburbs are luring middle-class families away from the city. [+] more examples. 2 lure / ˈ luɚ/ noun. plural lures.
provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion. “He lured me into temptation” synonyms: entice, tempt. see more. noun. anything that serves as an enticement. synonyms: bait, come-on, hook, sweetener. see more. noun. qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward.
Synonyms for LURED: tempted, seduced, enticed, persuaded, betrayed, allured, decoyed, baited; Antonyms of LURED: warned, cautioned, alerted, forewarned, drove (away or off), turned away, repulsed, warded (off)
