Call
Lure
Lure noun - Something that persuades one to perform an action for pleasure or gain.
Usage example: the promise of easy money is always the lure for some people to take up a life of crime
Call is a synonym for lure in like topic. Sometimes you can use "Call" instead the word "Lure" as a noun or a verb, if it concerns topics such as bait.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good call | good lure |
| initial | initial call | initial lure |
| single | single call | single lure |
| effective | effective call | effective lure |
| Other adjectives: real, psychic, personal. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- In The Beginning features a distress call that is both genuine and a trap: they call for help from Earth and lure a Minbari Cruiser into a trap.
Source: Distress Call -
Rewind, Replay, Repeat: Used in "All the News That's Fit to Click", Danny and Baez play back the 911 call that was made to lure Jamie, Janko, and the reporter they were riding with, into an ambush.
Source: Series / Blue Bloods - She is even willing to call a conclave on Katarr without attending, to lure out the enemy that was hunting them.
Source: Knight Templar / Video Games
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