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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Off the hook

Pakistan have let Australia off the hook after they had them in a spot of bother at 138/3 but White and Hussey carried their red hot form to steady the innings after a brief lull in the middle overs. White took off from where Watson left off, going past his 6th ODI fifty as he and Haddin ended the innings with a flourish, setting Pakistan a more than competitive total. Can the visitors level the series ? Join us in 40 minutes to find out....

Could you please explain to me what "off the hook" means here?
  

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37. off the hook , a. out of trouble; released from some difficulty: This time there was no one around to get him off the hook.

— Mister Micawber

  • 37.
  • off the hook , a.
  • out of trouble; released from some difficulty: This time there was no one around to get him off the hook.
  • b.
  • free of obligation: His brother paid all his bills and got him off the hook.
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37. off the hook,
a.out of trouble; released from some difficulty: This time there was no one around to get him off the hook.
b.free of obligation: His brother paid all his bills and got him off the hook.
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