Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—R

Rise

To take a rise out of one. Hotten says this is a metaphor from fly-fishing; the fish rise to the fly, and are caught.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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