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slung one's hook

slung one's hook is the simple past and past participle 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 slung one's hook

What is slung one's hook the simple past and past participle of?
Slung one's hook is the simple past and past participle of sling one's hook.

Words near slung one's hook in the dictionary

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

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