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hook

noun as in curved fastener

verb as in grab, catch

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My friend could have still been on the hook for the full cost for five years, or a portion of it, until her mom was properly signed up.

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Much talk in the Australian media has centred on Root's lack of a Test century in this country and his preparations were curtailed when he hooked Matthew Potts to mid-wicket for one.

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Putting them on the hook for 50% of any of their student’s loans would have as salubrious an effect as all of Mr. Ellis’s proposed reforms combined.

“But What the Hell Do I Know” is funny and biting and loaded with hooks.

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More and more, these hacks exploit highly connected digital supply chains—globally distributed networks of people, organizations, hardware, and software that hook into, speak to, and work alongside one another.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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