hook
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$ \mathrm{hook}^1 /hʊk/
a picture/curtain/coat hook
a fish hook
Hang your towel on the hook.
The key was hanging from a hook.
Your coat’s hanging on a hook behind the door.
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a left hook to the jaw
3 (in cricket and golf) a way of hitting the ball so that it curves to the side instead of going straight ahead (usually by mistake in golf, but deliberately in cricket)
4 a thing that is used to make people interested in something
The images are used as a hook to get children interested in science.
Well-chosen quotations can serve as a hook to catch the reader’s interest.
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Idioms
using any method you can, even a dishonest one
completely
What I said was not true, but he fell for it (= believed it) hook, line and sinker.
having got free from a difficult situation or a punishment
I lied to get him off the hook.
No way will she let you off the hook this time.
I was finally off the hook.
(becoming old-fashioned) if you leave or take a landline phone off the hook, you take the receiver (= the part that you pick up) off the place where it usually rests, so that nobody can call you
(North American English, informal) responsible for paying for something
Citizens are increasingly on the hook for more of their own medical costs.
(usually used in the progressive tenses)
(of a phone) to ring many times, with one phone call after another
The phone has been ringing off the hook with offers of help.
(British English, informal) (used especially in orders) to go away
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$ \mathrm{hook}^2 /hʊk/
1 transitive, intransitive to fasten or hang something on something else using a hook; to be fastened or hanging in this way hook something + adv./prep.
We hooked the trailer to the back of the car.
+ adv./prep.
a dress that hooks at the back
He hooked the rope over a branch.
The boat was moored to an anchor firmly hooked into the bank.
2 transitive, intransitive to put something, especially your leg, arm or finger, around something else so that you can hold onto it or move it; to go around something else in this way hook something + adv./prep.
He hooked his foot under the stool and dragged it over.
She hooked her arm through her sister’s.
He managed to hook his fingers under the stone.
Her thumbs were hooked into the pockets of her jeans.
Hook the rope through your belt.
He hooked an arm around her neck.
+ adv./prep.
Suddenly an arm hooked around my neck.
3 transitive hook something to catch a fish with a hook It was the biggest pike I ever hooked.
(figurative) They managed to hook a wealthy new client.
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4 transitive hook something (especially in golf, cricket or football (soccer)) to hit or kick a ball so that it goes to one side instead of straight ahead (usually by mistake in golf but deliberately in other sports) He hooked his drive into the trees.
I hooked the first ball for a six.
He hooked his shot over the bar.
Try and hook the ball around the defenders.
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