off the hook

Speech parts

1. off the hook - Adjective

2. off the hook - Phrase

3. off the hook - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

freed from danger or blame or obligation

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

able free independent easy safe escaped loose innocent liberated relieved appealing cleared unrestricted unrestrained enjoyable
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Antonyms

forced committed accused tied custom contracted
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Examples

Even as a child back in Indiana, whenever I took a Butterbelly off the hook I used to ask myself, "Does this fish think?" I would even ask others, "Do you suppose this Butterbelly can think?" And all I would get in reply was a look. At the age of eighteen, I left the state. Will Cuppy

If there were any clear investigation of 9/11, they wouldn't let Louie Freeh off the hook. Sidney Blumenthal

Gary Oldman is impossible to steal a movie from. He's such a great actor, he's off the hook. I love him. Kevin Bacon

Distributed responsibility is the problem. One person gives the order, another carries it out. One can say they didn't pull the trigger, the other that they were just doing what they were told, and everyone lets themselves off the hook. Daniel Abraham

The Democrats are as much a part of the war machine as the Republicans. We can't let Democrats get off the hook because they're Democrats. Cindy Sheehan

A cracked pot never fell off the hook. Italian Proverb

Words in the phrase

off the hook

Close letter words and terms

off the hizzie off the hizzle off the hizzy off the hooks off the horn off the latch