get off the hook
IdiomsExample Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
“In no way shape or form will Norfolk Southern get off the hook for the mess they created,” Regan said at the press conference.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 21, 2023
Which is not, crucially, the same as Kutcher wanting his friend to get off the hook.
From Salon ● Feb. 4, 2023
Sometimes companies that have done bad things get off the hook.
From New York Times ● Dec. 11, 2021
The company also restructured to send subsidiary Regus into bankruptcy in order to get off the hook for almost a billion dollars in leases.
From Slate ● Feb. 3, 2021
Bernabe gave Harlan a screwy look, refusing to believe he could get off the hook this easily.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
