rise to the bait वाक्य

Gingrich did not rise to the bait, and, despite the audience's seemingly warmer feeling for Clinton, the speaker came across as calm and reasonable _ not the view that national surveys suggest many people have of him.
But he refused to rise to the bait when four-time Open champion John McEnroe, wearing his broadcast hat as USA Network's expert color commentator, suggested that creatine use might be responsible for the rash of breakdowns here.
Sorry for rising to the bait, I will let others resolve this issue and will go edit some other articles for a bit : )-- "'chat ! ) 09 : 46, 15 July 2011 ( UTC)
When the moderator, Bernard Shaw of CNN, invited Cheney to attack Lieberman by asking whether he had noticed any post-nomination " contradiction or hypocritical shift " in his positions, Cheney seemed reluctant to rise to the bait.
Gore pointed out some of the policy differences between Kemp and Dole, including Dole's opposition to Kemp's longstanding demand for a return to the gold standard; Kemp refused to rise to the bait, letting those sensitive subjects drop.

Regarding presidential politics, Hastert likened Clinton's recent criticism of GOP presidential candidate George W . Bush to " trash talk in sports, " and said Republicans won't rise to the bait by responding during their upbeat convention week.
It's sad that we should have to deal with those who deliberately bait others into sanction-able replies, but if we don't rise to the bait, or stoop to their level, often boredom will lead them to other efforts.
Even the overly sensitive, quick-to-burn Colin Montgomerie was not going to rise to the bait when confronted with Jeff Maggert's comment that the U . S . team consisted of " the 12 best players in the world ."
Still, at a news conference in the raucous aftermath of Prada's Louis Vuitton Cup win Saturday, Cayard, who became a hero in Italy when he led Il Moro di Venezia into the Cup final in'92, would not rise to the bait.
:: : It's also just plain common sense not to antagonise someone who you know for a fact will rise to the bait; given the " history " between Andy and various others editors, it's like a red rag to a bull.