| 释义 | phraseSee full dictionary entry for  hookIf you take a phone off the hook, you take the receiver off the part that it normally rests on, so that the phone will not ring. Synonyms: let off, cleared, acquitted, vindicated More Synonyms of off the hookoff the hook in British EnglishSee full dictionary entry for  hooka.  slang out of danger; free from obligation or guilt b. (of a telephone receiver) not on the support, so that incoming calls cannot be receivedoff the hook in American English  See full dictionary entry for   hook Informal  out of trouble, embarrassment, or a state of burdensome responsibilityThen he took his phone off the hook.For weeks, his phone was ringing off the hook with interview requests - and he says a top star would find the bombardment intolerable.The slim grey machine in front of me is making the phone jump off the hook.The phone was ringing off the hook.Now my phone is ringing off the hook with goodwill messages. Take the phone off the hook. Phone off the hook and enjoy.We lock the doors, take the phone off the hook and watch until the credits.Clash fans, take your phone off the hook.The phone was ringing off the hook - and she froze.The phone was off the hook and he couldn't wait to leave the house.He crossed to the bedside table, took the phone off the hook and dialled zero.So the phone stays off the hook in Portland as he ponders the biggest call of his life.Either take your phone off the hook or transfer calls, shut your door and see it stays shut.The former university lecturer took them inside to find his pet Ginger dozing next to the phone which was off the hook.So I took my phone off the hook and rang colleagues on my mobile.The secretary's phone rings and he leans over to take it off the hook, practically flattening me in the process.A Take the phone off the hook and turn up the Metallica?Examples of 'off the hook' in a sentenceoff the hookSee  hookOfficials accused of bribery always seem to get off the hook. Synonyms let off cleared acquitted vindicated in the clear exonerated under no obligation allowed to walk (slang, mainly US)Nearby words ofoff the hookoff guardoff patoff the cuffoff the hookoff the recordoff-colouroff-key
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