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词汇 off the hook
释义
off the hook
  1. having got free from a difficult situation or a punishment(使)摆脱困境,逃避惩罚
    • I lied to get him off the hook.为了让他摆脱麻烦我撒了谎。
    • No way will she let you off the hook this time.这次她绝不会放过你。
    • I was finally off the hook.我终于摆脱了困境。
  2. (becoming old-fashioned) if you leave or take a landline phone off the hook, you take the receiver (= the part that you pick up) off the place where it usually rests, so that nobody can call you(为防止电话打进来而使听筒)不挂上Topics Phones, email and the internetc2
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