cut bait
Give up fishing
Cut bait is the second half of the expression "fish or cut bait," meaning to either commit to what you're doing or step aside and do the support work instead.
To cut bait is to stop fishing and prepare bait for others.
Used alone, it usually means to give up or move on: After months of negotiations going nowhere, we decided to cut bait.
quit
Cease doing something
let go · move on · stop trying · pull out · withdraw · fold · surrender · retreat · concede · discontinue
chum
Friend or fish scraps
worms · fillet knife · tackle · hook · line · sinker · lure · cast · reel · rod
- freshwater fishingfreshwater fishing, trout fishing, salmon fishing, freshwater fish, bass fishing
- Attractantslure, attractants, pheromone, pheromones, scent
- fishing baitworm, worms, nightcrawlers, nightcrawler, earthworms
- shore fishingsurf fishing, pier fishing, bay fishing, wade fishing, surf rod
- catfishingtrotline, channel catfish, circle hook, chicken liver, throw line
- fishingfishing rod, fish, angling, bass fishing, fishing gear
cut baitfish
Gilled aquatic vertebrate
persevere · persist · stick with it · keep at it · hang in there
cut baitdive in
Begin eagerly, headfirst
take the plunge · go for it · jump in with both feet · ante up · step up
cut baitwaffle
Gridded breakfast cake
hem and haw · dither · vacillate · drag one's feet · sit on the fence
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