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be off the hook 1. if a telephone is off the hook, the part that you speak into is not lying in the part that holds it so the telephone will not ring. He left the telephone off the hook because he didn't want to be disturbed. 2. get/let someone off the hook - to allow someone to escape from a difficult situation or to avoid doing something that they do not want to do. You're off the hook - someone else has volunteered to do the job. See also: hook How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The enterprise zone designation might be gone for good, but the city and state politicians won't be off the hook for working with the community and organizations such as the Economic Alliance of the San Fernando Valley and the Valley Economic Development Corp. You can no longer invest everything in Treasury bills and be off the hook. State officials said negotiations are continuing with a third company believed to have contributed to the contamination, but a fourth corporate suspect appears to be off the hook because it has no assets. |
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