HOOK

(DEVICE) [noun] [C] - a curved device used for catching or holding things, esp. one fixed to a surface for hanging things ona coat hooka picture hooka boat hooka fish hookYou're off the hook - they've found out who really stole the money.See picture: Joining objects togetherIf you leave the telephone off the hook, you do not put the part of it that you talk with back correctly and it will not ring.If you are off the hook, you have escaped from a difficult situation.I'll be out of town when the managing director visits us, so that lets/gets me off the hook.He fell for/swallowed the story hook, line and sinker (= completely believed it).By hook or by crook means by any method possible.I'll find out where she lives by hook or by crook.A hook and eye is a device for fastening clothes consisting of a small bent piece of metal into which a hook fits.See picture: Dressing and undressingSomeone who is hook-nosed has a large nose which curves out from the face.To get your hooks on/into someone is to hold or influence them strongly.This product has really got its hooks into the American market.Why are you agreeing with her? Has she got her hooks on you too?