I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a coat hook (= for hanging a coat on a wall )
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He hung his jacket on a coat hook in the hall.
a hooked nose (= one that curves down at the end )
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an old man with a hooked nose
be/get hooked on drugs informal (= be/get addicted )
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She got hooked on drugs, and ended up homeless.
boat hook
curtain hook
curtain hooks (= for attaching curtains to a rail )
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The curtain has loops, so you don't need curtain hooks.
hook and eye
let sb off the hook (= allow someone to escape punishment or criticism )
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He’d decided to make Sandra wait before letting her off the hook.
the phone is off the hook (= it cannot be used because it is not connected or is already being used )
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On Friday nights we just take the phone off the hook and relax.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
left
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Sharp took an eight count after taking a hard left hook .
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About the time this outcry was gathering momentum, a curve ball landed like a left hook .
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The bout ended 20 seconds later with a left hook .
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It was a sort of left hook .
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He just leaned on me and when he caught me with a left hook I was given a standing count.
right
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Though not the most powerful punch ever thrown, Stretch's right hook was delivered with perfect timing.
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He got preoccupied with my left hand and the right hook came in over his shoulder.
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Left and right hooks followed each other until the frightened tailor sank to the floor.
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Advance with a swift right hook .
■ VERB
hang
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He glanced at the bird gloves hanging on their hooks .
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There were rows of them hanging on hooks , and stacks of them leaning against one another on the floor.
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It was a long, black, rubber-encased one, hanging from a hook by the back door.
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All hang on hooks in Icahn's trophy room.
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This statue was shrivelled inside its suit, hanging from a hook in its chest.
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She stood up and shrugged the sheepskin coat from her shoulders, hanging it from the hook behind the door.
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Chamber 7e is dominated by a man-size iron cage which hangs from a ceiling hook .
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He was tugging at a length of chain that was hanging from a hook in the wall.
hung
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Melanie hung cups on hooks on the dresser; her arm went up and down, up and down.
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Jozia untied her apron and hung it on the hook by the door.
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We got a bamboo-wallah to build them two cages and hung them from hooks on the veranda.
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Kip had found the nightgown hung on the hook of the bathroom door.
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A tin with one side cut out of it hung from a hook at the back.
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We peeled off our khaki overalls and hung them on hooks .
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They hung him to the hook anyway and moved away.
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The Strap was a thick leather belt, about 3 inches wide, which hung on a hook .
leave
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I must have left it off the hook this morning.
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I threw two left hooks , one uppercut and a straight right.
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Wall-mount your phone to save it from being kicked or left off the hook .
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In the third, Tyson initiated an unanswered barrage with two left hooks and finished it with the right uppercut.
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Jab-jab, left hook , my opening left hands moving him to the right, to meet my right cross.
let
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Secondly, the companies that have already spent money on cleaning up are reluctant to see others let off the hook .
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Poverty was let off the hook .
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Home striker Paul Crimmen let them off the hook on a number of occasions and Horsham had two goals disallowed.
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Social injustices were let off the hook .
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He wasn't even let off the hook when it was all over.
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Why, she wondered, when she had effectively let him off the hook ?
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Lousy schools and dysfunctional teachers were let off the hook .
sling
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Forget it, I said, For a moment I thought he was going to tell me to sling my hook .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
sling your hook
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Forget it, I said, For a moment I thought he was going to tell me to sling my hook.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a fish hook
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Jackson knocked Cooper down with a left hook to the body.
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The helmet hung from a hook next to Turner's jersey.
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You have to find a hook to sell a new show.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Apologising for ourselves Apologising and being self-deprecating can let you off the hook .
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Hanging from hooks on the wall were sets of wire-pulling devices, complete with chain winch and gripper.
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I took off my coat and shoes, and walked into the sea with the hooks and ropes in my hands.
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Lacing uses conventional D-rings and hooks.
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Parents were let off the hook .
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This was the first place I ever caught fish on a hook and line.
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When no one deserves to get the hook , what criteria can we use to determine who does?
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
arm
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She set her lips and dragged Adam out of the fire, hooking one of his arms round her neck.
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Pat waited a moment, then sighed and hooked his arm .
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But Jeanie would just turn away, hunch her shoulder and hook her arm , covering the page.
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The satellite was hooked to the arm for about an hour before it was slowly returned to its cradle and latched down.
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All tribes would hook arms in brotherhood and unite.
fish
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But those who have actually hooked a fish , regardless of size, will know the thrill.
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I hooked and lost a fish at 12.30p.m. and that was the only fish to feel steel.
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How dreadful it would be if you hooked a big fish only to lose it through poking around with an inadequate net.
thumb
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He hooks his thumbs in his pockets and tips back and one-eyes that clock up on the wall.
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He sank back into the pillows, hooked his thumbs in his belt.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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All the computers in the office are hooked together.
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Banks used to give away toasters and stuff to hook new customers.
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Gorman stood there holding his hat, his umbrella hooked on his wrist.
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I hooked a 14-inch rainbow trout.
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Only one strap of his overalls was hooked.
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The ball just hooked a little bit to the left.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A young man sat slumped there, his index finger hooked down into his water glass, stirring the ice cubes around.
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Alvin and I just sort of hooked up.
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Clients who are truly hooked will go to any length to meet their dealers' demands.
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He reached out with his umbrella and hooked the hat back.
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I believe it was the fact that the preaching was truly expository that hooked him.
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While there he begged a look around a semi-derelict Dakota and realised he was hooked on propliners!