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slings one's hook

slings one's hook is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 slings one's hook

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Slings one's hook is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sling one's hook.

Words near slings one's hook in the dictionary

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

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