get off the hook

Significado

1. Oxford100% de las películas

   to free yourself or sb else from a difficult situation or a punishment

   Tom, can you get me off the hook?

En las películas · 1

• Tom, can you get me off the hook?The Godfather1972
• I bet you would rat on us just to get off the hook, now, wouldn't ya?A Simple Plan1998

Apréndela en escenas completas

• The Godfather1972
  • Bonasera Asks for Justice
  • Woltz Refuses Johnny the Role
  • Vito Refuses Sollozzo's Deal

De la misma entrada

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

Más modismos

• get your teeth into
• give a helping hand
• go head to head
• have an axe to grind
• have seen better days
• have written all over it
• have your finger on the pulse
• i've heard it all before
• if memory serves me well
• if truth be known
• in the hope of
• keep a lid on