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ON THE HOOK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does on the hook mean?
• ON THE HOOK (adjective)
The adjective ON THE HOOK has 1 sense:
1. caught in a difficult or dangerous situation
Familiarity information: ON THE HOOK used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Caught in a difficult or dangerous situation
Context example:
there I was back on the hook
Similar:
dangerous; unsafe (involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm)
Context examples
“They may rest here on the hook and will be dry presently. You have come up from the south-west, I see.”
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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