on the hook

Speech parts

1. on the hook - Phrase

2. on the hook - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

caught in a difficult or dangerous situation

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

important subject chargeable bound engaged guilty contracted blame constrained authoritative liable accountable culpable obliged answerable
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Antonyms

dead broken cancelled ineffective inert idle
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Examples

I cannot imagine that someone could go to Tõnismägi and in the darkness of the night, put the Bronze Soldier on the hook of the crane, and drive it away somewhere. This is not a solution acceptable for a constitutional state. Andrus Ansip

He puts his bones back on, Turning the clock back an hour. She knows flesh, that skin balloon, the unbound limbs, the boards, the roof, the removable roof. She is his selection, part time. You know the story too! Look, when it is over he places her, like a phone, back on the hook. Anne Sexton

Anybody that's asked, I've counseled that they not expand Medicaid eligibility. I've been critical of any expansion because you know what Washington does. It promises something for a finite period of time, and then it leaves you on the hook. Tom Price

Any fish is good if it is on the hook. Russian Proverb

On the hook of truth only small carp will bite; in the net of falsehood the big salmon are caught. Latvian Proverb

It's pointless to fish if there's no bait on the hook. Sicilian Proverb

Words in the phrase

on the hook

Close letter words and terms

on the hog on the hog train on the hoof on the hop on the horizon on the horn