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be off the hook
no longer be responsible
If you are off the hook, you are no longer blamed or responsible for a problem.
Hear it in real life
Are you still expected to pay for the damage?
No, I'm off the hook now.
Once my colleague admitted the mistake, I was off the hook.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I was out of the hook when they found the real culprit.
Say: I was off the hook when they found the real culprit.
The fixed preposition is "off," not "out of."
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How it fits in a sentence.
be off the hook; get off the hook
Your turn: say it out loud
Once my colleague admitted the mistake, I was off the hook.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
be off the hook
no longer be responsible
“Once my colleague admitted the mistake, I was off the hook.”
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