Thrash about/around phrase
To change one's body position or roll from side to side in a violent, restless, or uncontrolled way.
I had been thrashing around all night because I had a terrible stomachache.
It was heartbreaking to see my puppy falling from that height and thrashing around in blood on the ground.
The deer fell on its side and thrashed about in pain when it got shot in the leg.
To move quickly up and down and from side to side, typically in an attempt to avoid hitting or being hit by something
To move in a slow and unconcerned manner.
To head to something or someone quickly and directly.
To quickly and recklessly go or move round somewhere
The verb "thrash" must be conjugated according to its tense.
The verb" thrash" has been used in this sense since 1846.
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.