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take one's hook

take one's hook verb: to depart in a hurry; to clear out.

Verb

take one's hook (third-person singular simple present takes one's hook, present participle taking one's hook, simple past took one's hook, past participle taken one's hook)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive, slang) To depart in a hurry; to clear out.
    • I'll have none of you fellows dangiing about here; my daughter is off to Cairo, so is the old woman, and I guess that she was hitched to Elisha Kent yesterday! Now take your hook.1893, Parker Gillmore, Leaves from a Sportsman's Diary, page 131

Synonyms of take one's hook

Forms of take one's hook

third-person singular presenttakes one's hook
present participletaking one's hook
pasttook one's hook
past participletaken one's hook

Questions about take one's hook

What does take one's hook mean?
Take one's hook means to depart in a hurry; to clear out.
What part of speech is take one's hook?
Take one's hook is a verb.
What is the past tense of take one's hook?
The past tense of take one's hook is took one's hook.

Words near take one's hook in the dictionary

  1. take one's eyes off
  2. take one's eyes off the ball
  3. take one's football and go home
  4. take one's half out of the middle
  5. take one's hat off to
  6. take one's hook
  7. take one's kit off
  8. take one's leave
  9. take one's life
  10. take one's life in one's hands
  11. take one's lumps

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