get off the hook
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Idiomsget off the hookget/let (someone) off the hookto 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. [TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲
get off the hookto become free from an obligation
I got off the hook and I did not have to clean the classroom after school.
[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲
get off the hookSee: OFF THE HOOK.
[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲
get someone off the hookget/let (someone) off the hookto 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. [TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲