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takes one's hook

takes one's hook is the third-person singular simple present indicative of take one's hook.

Meaning of take one's hook

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

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Takes one's hook is the third-person singular simple present indicative of take one's hook.

Words near takes one's hook in the dictionary

  1. takes one's eye off the ball
  2. takes one's eyes off
  3. takes one's eyes off the ball
  4. takes one's half out of the middle
  5. takes one's hat off to
  6. takes one's hook
  7. takes one's kit off
  8. takes one's leave
  9. takes one's life in one's hands
  10. takes one's medicine
  11. takes one's own hide to market

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