spring a trap

Meaning

1. 1

   to make a trap for catching animals close suddenly

2. 2

   to try to trick sb into doing or saying sth; to succeed in this

In the movies · 2

• You gotta spring the trap!The Bad Guys2022
• Allowing five innocent people to die untiI you felt like springing your trap?Se7en1995

From the same entry

• full of the joys of spring
• spring into action
• spring a leak
• hope springs eternal
• come to mind
• spring for
• spring from
• spring from
• spring up