reeled in
Brought to boat
To reel in is to draw something toward you by winding a line, as an angler reels in a fish: She reeled in a thirty-pound bass.
Figuratively, to reel someone in is to attract or persuade them, often gradually: The salesman reeled in another customer with promises of easy financing.
- win overGain another's support
- pullForce toward oneself
- caughtSeized or grabbed
- dragResistance through fluid
- captivateHold attention irresistibly
big catch · line · hook · landed · persuade · ensnared · haul · snagged · entice · on the hook · bait · lure · net · retrieve · catch · spool · coax · captured
attraction/recruitment
reeled indrove away
Caused to depart
repelled · pushed away · scared off · alienated · chased away
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