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Off the hook   /ɔf ðə hʊk/   Listen
Off the hook

adjective
1.
Freed from danger or blame or obligation.






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"Off the hook" Quotes from Famous Books



... Government, had written to me saying that he was absolutely destitute and begging me to send him some money for the relief of his family and other Americans who were in dire need. The Tennessee was lying off the Hook of Holland at that time, and there were several of our splendid army officers ready and eager for any service. One of the best of them, Captain Williams, offered himself as messenger, and I sent him in to Antwerp, with three thousand dollars in gold in a belt around his waist, on ...
— Fighting For Peace • Henry Van Dyke



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