off the hook

  • 41ring off the hook — in. [for a telephone] to ring endlessly or constantly. □ The phone was ringing off the hook when I came in. □ We’ve been busy today. The phone’s been ringing off the hook …

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  • 42get off the hook —    If you do something wrong and manage to get off the hook, you avoid punishment or blame.     Barry was questioned by the police but his lawyer managed to get him off the hook …

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  • 43get someone off the hook — 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. John s agreed to go to the meeting in my place, so that lets me off the hook …

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  • 44let someone off the hook — 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. John s agreed to go to the meeting in my place, so that lets me off the hook …

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  • 45get off the hook — 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. John s agreed to go to the meeting in my place, so that lets me off the hook …

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  • 46let off the hook — 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. John s agreed to go to the meeting in my place, so that lets me off the hook …

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  • 47ring off the hook — American, informal if your telephone rings off the hook, it rings a lot. The box office phones were ringing off the hook all day …

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  • 48get (somebody) off the hook — get (sb) off the ˈhook | let sb off the ˈhook idiom to free yourself or sb else from a difficult situation or a punishment Main entry: ↑hookidiom …

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  • 49let somebody off the hook — get (sb) off the ˈhook | let sb off the ˈhook idiom to free yourself or sb else from a difficult situation or a punishment Main entry: ↑hookidiom …

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  • 50ring off the hook — verb Of a telephone, to ring constantly or excessively. I placed the advertisement yesterday, and the phone has been ringing off the hook ever since …

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