off the hook

Meaning

1. Editorial55% of films

   No longer in trouble, or freed from blame, duty, or punishment.

   Turns out you're completely off the hook, honey.

2. Editorial18% of films

   (Of a telephone) ringing constantly because so many people are calling.

3. Oxford18% of films

   if you leave or take the telephone off the hook, you take the receiver (= the part that you pick up) off the place where it usually rests, so that nobody can call you

   Your phone's off the hook.

4. Editorial9% of films

   Extremely good, exciting, or wild, used as praise.

In the movies · 10

• Turns out you're completely off the hook, honey.The Wolf of Wall Street2013
• Tom, can you get me off the hook?The Godfather1972
• You tell the truth, you're off the hook.The Proposal2009
• Your phone's off the hook.Bohemian Rhapsody2018
• Molly, you're not off the hook either.Toy Story 32010
• Don't let me off the hook too easy.Bo Burnham: Make Happy2016
• Thanks again for letting me off the hook.The Perfect Date2019
• He's probably taken the phone off the hook.Black Mirror: Bandersnatch2018

Learn it in full scenes

• The Wolf of Wall Street2013
  • Jordan Belfort Introduces Himself
  • Jordan's First Lunch with Mark Hanna
  • Black Monday Crushes Jordan's Career
• The Godfather1972
  • Bonasera Asks for Justice
  • Woltz Refuses Johnny the Role
  • Vito Refuses Sollozzo's Deal
• The Proposal2009
  • Margaret Fires Bob
  • Margaret Announces a Fake Engagement
  • Margaret Fakes a Marriage Interview

From the same entry

• by hook or by crook
• get off the hook
• hook, line and sinker
• ring off the hook
• sling your hook
• hook up
• hook up with
• hook up with