- 1a weight that is attached to a fishing line or net to keep it under the water
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- 2(also sinker ball) (in baseball) a type of pitch that drops lower when it reaches the batter He kept throwing sinkers. Idioms
completely What I said wasn't true, but he fell for it (= believed it) hook, line, and sinker.
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