Cross paths with (one) phrase
The phrase can be rewritten as "cross one's paths".
If a person "crosses paths with someone", he/she meets someone accidentally and surprisingly.
On walking to work, I usually cross paths with smiley kids who will certainly make the day.
It was such a pleasure to cross paths with my best friend while we were going shopping.
I couldn't believe in my eyes. I have just cross paths with Angelina Jolie in a coffee shop.
The verb "cross" should be conjugated according to its tense.
If you swallow the bait, you take something that someone offers you, or agree to do something that someone asks you to do without knowing that it is a trick or way of getting something from you.
You can't just do whatever he wants you to do. Don't swallow the bait.