get off the hook

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off the hook

[off the hook] {adv. phr.} Out of trouble; out of an awkward or embarrassing situation. * /Thelma found she had made two dates for the same night; she asked Sally […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

hook up

[hook up] {v. phr.} To connect or fit together. * /The company sent a man to hook up the telephone./ * /They could not use the gas stove because it […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

hook, line, and sinker

[hook, line, and sinker] {adv. phr.}, {informal} Without question or doubt; completely. * /Johnny was so easily fooled that he fell for Joe's story, hook, line and sinker./ * /Mary […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

by hook or by crook

[by hook or by crook] {adv. phr.} By honest ways or dishonest in any way necessary. * /The wolf tried to get the little pigs by hook or by crook./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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attributed to Oliver Cromwell

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pull out of a hat

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