Idiom
hook it
Meaning
To depart in a hurry; to clear out.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The police arrived, so we had to hook it.”
“When the teacher walked into the room, the students decided to hook it before they got caught.”
“Realizing the authorities were closing in on their position, the thieves grabbed the loot and hooked it into the dark alleyway.”
Examples
simple
“The police arrived, so we had to hook it.”
contextual
“When the teacher walked into the room, the students decided to hook it before they got caught.”
complex
“Realizing the authorities were closing in on their position, the thieves grabbed the loot and hooked it into the dark alleyway.”
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