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Definition: Off The Hook |
Off The HookAdjective1. Freed from danger or blame or obligation; "I let him off the hook with a mild reprimand". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Off The HookSynonym: off the hook(p) (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Off The Hook |
| English words defined with "off the hook": absolve ♦ dial ♦ free ♦ get off ♦ justify. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "off the hook": safety hook. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Can you get me off the hook, Tom (The Godfather; writing credit: Francis Ford Coppola; Mario Puzo) | |
Lyrics | Your body's off the hook (Can I Get Your Number(A Girl Like You); performing artist: No Authority) Blowing Up Her Beeper Ringing Her Phone Off The Hook (Pu**y; performing artist: R. Kelly) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Off the Hook (1999) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Play | Caption |
 | Busy signal; line occupied; unavailable; in use; tied up; off the hook; out of order; out of service. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Some say that the taxpayer should pick up the tab for toxic waste and let polluters who can afford to fix it off the hook. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Expression using "off the hook": get off the hook. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
off the hook | 30 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "off the hook"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | shpëtoj (bring off, bring through, carry through, creep out, deliver, elude, escape, extricate, flee, get away, get off the hook, get out, get rid, get rid of, heal, preserve, rescue, rid, salvage, save, skip, spare). (various references) | |
Arabic | تخلص من مأزق. (various references) | |
French | se tirer d'affaire (get off the hook). (various references) | |
Hebrew | חלץ ממצב קש". (various references) | |
Hungarian | lekerül a napirendrõl (get off the hook). (various references) | |
Manx | ass boirey. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | offay ethay ookhay.(various references) | |
Russian | выпутаться из положения (get off the hook). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | okaniti se (hook: get off the hook). (various references) | |
Spanish | sacar del atolladero (get off the hook). (various references) | |
Swedish | ur knipan, inte pålagd. (various references) | |
Turkish | zor durumdan kurtulmuş, paçayı sıyırmış. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-f-f-h-h-k-o-o-o-t" | |
-5 letters: kheth. | |
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