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slinging one's hook

slinging one's hook is the present participle and gerund of sling one's hook.

Meaning of sling one's hook

Verb

sling one's hook (third-person singular simple present slings one's hook, present participle slinging one's hook, simple past and past participle slung one's hook)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory, idiomatic) To leave, depart, especially if forced to do so.
    • ‘I don’t want none of your apologies, and I don’t want none of you neither; I don’t like the looks of you, and so I tell you. Before I let anybody into my house you’ll have to sling your hook.’1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle

Questions about slinging one's hook

What is slinging one's hook the present participle and gerund of?
Slinging one's hook is the present participle and gerund of sling one's hook.

Words near slinging one's hook in the dictionary

  1. slinging for
  2. slinging ink
  3. slinging it in
  4. slinging off
  5. slinging one up
  6. slinging one's hook
  7. slinging out
  8. slinging over
  9. slinging the hatchet
  10. slinging to
  11. slinging up

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