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Phrase Meaning: To Get a Rise Out of Someone

Phrase Meaning: To Get a Rise Out of Someone
September 23, 2011
  These words first applied to  fish rising to the bait (which is a thrill to watch if you're on the other end of the pole).  Writers on the art of angling popularized 'the rise' in this sense 300 years ago, and the metaphor from fly-fishing became standard En...
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