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hook someone
make someone want to continue
If something hooks you, it makes you interested enough to keep watching, reading, or listening.
Hear it in real life
Are you enjoying the novel?
Yes, the mystery hooked me from the first chapter.
The opening scene hooked me, so I forgot to check my phone.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: The first episode hooked to me.
Say: The first episode hooked me.
“Hook” takes the interested person directly as its object, without “to.”
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
something hooks someone; someone is hooked by something
Your turn: say it out loud
The opening scene hooked me, so I forgot to check my phone.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
hook someone
make someone want to continue
“The opening scene hooked me, so I forgot to check my phone.”
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