1. off the hook - Adjective
2. off the hook - Phrase
3. off the hook - Adjective Satellite
freed from danger or blame or obligation
Source: WordNetEven 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