off the hook

off the hook
*off the hook
Fig. freed from an obligation. (Alludes to a fish freeing itself from a fishhook. *Typically: be \off the hook ; get \off the hook; get someone \off the hook; let someone \off the hook.) •

Thanks for getting me off the hook. I didn't want to attend that meeting.

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I couldn't get myself off the hook no matter what I tried.

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{adv. phr.} Out of trouble; out of an awkward or embarrassing situation. * /Thelma found she had made two dates for the same night; she asked Sally to get her off the hook by going out with one of the boys./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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