"chum in the water" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "An allusion to a feeding frenzy that occurs when fishermen ladle chum into the ocean to attract sharks.",
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      "expansion": "chum in the water (uncountable)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1999 December 3, Nick Oredson, “Behind the Scenes: When Robots Attack, Part 2”, in Time, retrieved 2022-05-19",
          "text": "The year 1999 was a big one for polls here at TIME.com. […] Pre-millennial fever seemed to add an extra edge to all the passions that motivate people to express themselves — political tension, national pride, economic disparity, religious fervor — and our polls were chum in the water for those with an overwhelming need to make themselves heard. […] The polls that touched a nerve and set off huge responses gave us insights.",
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        {
          "ref": "2009 September 7, David Roberts, “Van Jones resignation: is green the only colour issue?”, in Guardian, UK, retrieved 2022-05-19",
          "text": "It will be like chum in the water, almost as invigorating to the crazies as bagging Dan Rather.",
          "type": "quotation"
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        {
          "ref": "2012 October 1, Christopher Clarey, “On Golf: A Miracle of Their Own Making”, in New York Times, retrieved 2022-05-19",
          "text": "It happened again in Medinah. […] \"Major winner! Major winner!\" was the chant-cum-taunt from the crowd as Poulter came out to play his singles match. […] That might have unsettled more bashful characters, but with Poulter, it was throwing chum in the water. […] Poulter won all four of his matches at Medinah.",
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        "Something done or said that produces or is likely to produce an intense, vigorous reaction, especially with a conscious or deliberate intent of causing such a reaction."
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          "vigorous",
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          "deliberate",
          "deliberate"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) Something done or said that produces or is likely to produce an intense, vigorous reaction, especially with a conscious or deliberate intent of causing such a reaction."
      ],
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    }
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  "word": "chum in the water"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "An allusion to a feeding frenzy that occurs when fishermen ladle chum into the ocean to attract sharks.",
  "head_templates": [
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      "expansion": "chum in the water (uncountable)",
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1999 December 3, Nick Oredson, “Behind the Scenes: When Robots Attack, Part 2”, in Time, retrieved 2022-05-19",
          "text": "The year 1999 was a big one for polls here at TIME.com. […] Pre-millennial fever seemed to add an extra edge to all the passions that motivate people to express themselves — political tension, national pride, economic disparity, religious fervor — and our polls were chum in the water for those with an overwhelming need to make themselves heard. […] The polls that touched a nerve and set off huge responses gave us insights.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009 September 7, David Roberts, “Van Jones resignation: is green the only colour issue?”, in Guardian, UK, retrieved 2022-05-19",
          "text": "It will be like chum in the water, almost as invigorating to the crazies as bagging Dan Rather.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 October 1, Christopher Clarey, “On Golf: A Miracle of Their Own Making”, in New York Times, retrieved 2022-05-19",
          "text": "It happened again in Medinah. […] \"Major winner! Major winner!\" was the chant-cum-taunt from the crowd as Poulter came out to play his singles match. […] That might have unsettled more bashful characters, but with Poulter, it was throwing chum in the water. […] Poulter won all four of his matches at Medinah.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Something done or said that produces or is likely to produce an intense, vigorous reaction, especially with a conscious or deliberate intent of causing such a reaction."
      ],
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) Something done or said that produces or is likely to produce an intense, vigorous reaction, especially with a conscious or deliberate intent of causing such a reaction."
      ],
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        "idiomatic",
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  "word": "chum in the water"
}