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- get (one) off the hook
get (one) off the hook
get (one) off the hook
To free one from the responsibility of having to complete some task; to help one to avoid something. Thank you for getting me off the hook for Saturday—I was dreading having to babysit at 6 AM on my day off! Can you please tell mom that you broke the vase and get me off the hook?
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Haroon | | - | Urdu |
| Golyat | | - | Biblical Hebrew |
| Ernest | | ['ə:nist] | |
| Danyal | | - | Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Turkish |
| Isidor | | EE-see-dawr (German) | German, Russian, Macedonian |
| AilÍN | | - | Irish |