Thesaurus / on the hook
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synonyms for on the hook
- answerable
- culpable
- guilty
- important
- liable
- pledged
- subject
- at fault
- at the helm
- authoritative
- bonded
- bound
- bound to
- carrying the load
- censurable
- chargeable
- compelled
- constrained
- contracted
- decision-making
- devolving on
- duty-bound
- engaged
- executive
- exposed
- fettered
- hampered
- held
- high
- in authority
- in control
- incumbent
- minding the store
- obligated
- obliged
- open
- susceptive
- sworn to
- tied
- to blame
- under contract
- under obligation
antonyms for on the hook
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How to use on the hook in a sentence
Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSYou never know when you are going to stumble upon a jewel in the most out-of-the-way corner.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAYMr. Slocum was not educated in a university, and his life has been in by-paths, and out-of-the-way places.
THE BOOK OF ANECDOTES AND BUDGET OF FUN;VARIOUSOnly then did I own that by hook or by crook—and mostly by crook, I was forced to suspect—they had purposely given me the slip.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIRI drew back from the rim of Writing-On-the-Stone, that set of whispered phrases echoing in my ears.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIRHis face was hidden beneath a beard of bristling, bushy red, and he had a sharp hook nose and small, bright eyes.
THE SOLDIER OF THE VALLEYNELSON LLOYDThe sailors tried to catch some with a hook and line, and were fortunate enough to succeed.
A WOMAN'S JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLDIDA PFEIFFERThe launch was already under way, and young Cargill trying to avoid it better, thrust with his boat-hook at the side of the lock.
UNCANNY TALESVARIOUSIt was the merest baby—half-an-ounce, perhaps—and it fell from the hook into the herbage some yards from the stream.
UNCANNY TALESVARIOUSHe crossed to the wall phone and gently removed the receiver from its hook and held it to his ear.
HOODED DETECTIVE, VOLUME III NO. 2, JANUARY, 1942VARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO ON THE HOOK
- answerable
- at fault
- at the helm
- authoritative
- bonded
- bound
- bound to
- carrying the load
- censurable
- chargeable
- compelled
- constrained
- contracted
- culpable
- decision-making
- devolving on
- duty-bound
- engaged
- executive
- exposed
- fettered
- guilty
- hampered
- held
- high
- important
- in authority
- in control
- incumbent
- liable
- minding the store
- obligated
- obliged
- on the hook
- open
- pledged
- subject
- susceptive
- sworn to
- tied
- to blame
- under contract
- under obligation
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.