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gobé

swallowed (a story), believed, swallowed

ɡ ɔ . b e → gober
gob to believe, to fall for + é Past participle
verb · singular masculine, past tense Rare #47,056
swallowed (a story), believed Often used colloquially to mean believing something without questioning it.
FR: Il a gobé cette histoire.
EN: He swallowed that story.
swallowed Can also mean literally swallowing something.
FR: La grenouille a gobé une mouche.
EN: The frog swallowed a fly.
Conjugation of gober
Past
gobé

J'ai toujours voulu savoir si t'avais gobé les bobards de Morpheus.

I’ve always wanted to know if you bought Morpheus’s bullshit.

— Matrix (1999)

Tu as gobé.

You fell for it.

— La Mouche (1986)

Tu n'as pas gobé cette histoire, quand même ?

You didn't actually buy that story, did you?

Évidemment, personne ne l'a gobé.

Obviously, no one bought it.

— Ne le dis à personne (2006)

Une petite mémé, une mouche a gobé Et elle risque d'en crever.

A little old lady swallowed a fly, and she might die from it.

— La Mouche (1986)