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get off the hook |
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get/let somebody off the hook to allow someone to escape from a difficult situation or to avoid doing something that they do not want to do John's agreed to go to the meeting in my place, so that lets me off the hook. See fall for hook, line and sinker, ring off the hook, fall for hook, line and sinker, Sling hook!, off the pegHow 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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``It's not one of those schools you get let off the hook just because you're an athlete,'' he said. So the school where Daniel was bullied was let off the hook entirely, and the state child-protection apparatus was let go with a slap on the wrist. He was eventually let off the hook in a letter dated Nov. |
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