hook

/hʊk/ noun

Translation

› [C] a curved piece of metal or plastic used for hanging something on, or a similar object used for catching fish

çengel, kanca

His coat was hanging from a hook on the door.1653

off the hook › If a telephone is off the hook, the part you speak into is not in its correct position, so the telephone will not ring.

(telefon ahizesi) kaldırılmış, açık, yerinden çıkmış, fişi çıkmış

1219

a left/right hook › when you hit someone hard with your left/right hand

sağ/sol elle darbe vurma

183583

get/let sb off the hook informal › to allow someone to escape from a difficult situation or to avoid doing something that they do not want to do

birini beladan kurtarmak/ferahlatmak; engel olmak, sıyırtmak; (argo) yırtmak

1859

(Definition of hook noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

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