off the hook
Example Sentences
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None of that is to say the Newsoms are off the hook in a federal investigation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2026
Tuttle doesn’t want to let his audience off the hook when the credits roll, nor should he.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026
"You know, the regulator's off the hook, the operator's off the hook, the manufacturer's off the hook. And that's why you have to push back against it so hard."
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
Fidelity will let investors off the hook by day 16, but most other brokers discourage flipping for 30 calendar days.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
"I take the key home at night and hang it on a hook in the kitchen. Every morning I get the key off the hook to open the petting zoo for the day."
From "Pony Problems: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #3" by Carolyn Keene
