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 peg

See also: get, hook

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TINO Asprilla has revealed Barcelona were almost let off the hook by Kenny Dalglish in 1997. My flight of fancy! by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) MOTHERWELL were last night sweating over possible SPL sanctions after being charged for their frozen pitch fiasco against Hearts as Kilmarnock were let off the hook. SPL turn up heat over Well call-off; Clydesdale Bank PREMIER LEAGUE ... by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) The left-back saw his tackle on Cristiano Ronaldo spark a storm that angered Bolton but Styles was let off the hook and is in charge of tomorrow's Tottenham v Hull clash. FARCE REF STYLES ON THE SPOT by The Mirror (London, England)			let go let go of let grass grow under feet let guard down let hair down let have it let heart rule head Let her rip! let in for let in on let into let it all hang out Let it be let it be known Let it go let it rip let it slide let know let loose of Let me have it! let me say let nature take its course let off let off easy let off steam let off the hook let on let oneself go let oneself in for let out let out of let out some kind of sound let pass let past let ride let rip Let sleeping dogs lie let slide let slide by let slip let slip by let slip through fingers Let the buyer beware let the cat out of the bag let the chance slip by let the chips fall Let the chips fall where they may Let the cobbler stick to his last Let the dead bury the dead let the genie out of the bottle let the grass grow under feet			let me say Let Me See Let Me See Let Me See Let Me See Let Me See let me think let me think let me think let me think let me think let me think Let my people go let nature take its course let off let off let off let off let off let off let off easy let off on let off on let off on let off on let off on let off steam let off steam let off steam let off steam let off the hook Let Older Volunteers Educate let on let on let on let on let on let on let one down let oneself go let oneself in for let or an animal out Let Our Values Endure Let Our Violence End Let Our Voices Echo Let Our Voices Emerge let out let out let out let out let out let out let out of let out of jail let out of prison Let Out Property let out some kind of sound let out the clutch let out the clutch let out the clutch let out the clutch

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