on the hook
上钩,上钩了,上钩后,上钩的
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Definitions
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- : a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.
- : a fishhook.
- : anything that catches; snare; trap.
- : something that attracts attention or serves as an enticement: The product is good but we need a sales hook to get people to buy it.
- : something having a sharp curve, bend, or angle at one end, as a mark or symbol.
- : a sharp curve or angle in the length or course of anything.
- : a curved arm of land jutting into the water; a curved peninsula: Sandy Hook.
- : a recurved and pointed organ or appendage of an animal or plant.
- : a small curved catch inserted into a loop to form a clothes fastener.
- : Sports. the path described by a ball, as in baseball, bowling, or golf, that curves in a direction opposite to the throwing hand or to the side of the ball from which it was struck.a ball describing such a path.
- : Boxing. a short, circular punch delivered with the elbow bent.
- : Music. Also called flag, pennant. a stroke or line attached to the stem of eighth notes, sixteenth notes, etc.an appealing melodic phrase, orchestral ornament, refrain, etc., often important to a popular song's commercial success.
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Examples
Just the hard-on before you shoot unarmed members of the public.
France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.
“I think for trans men who are dating every time they hook up they have another coming out,” Sandler said.
Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.
Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
You never know when you are going to stumble upon a jewel in the most out-of-the-way corner.
Mr. Slocum was not educated in a university, and his life has been in by-paths, and out-of-the-way places.
Only then did I own that by hook or by crook—and mostly by crook, I was forced to suspect—they had purposely given me the slip.
I drew back from the rim of Writing-On-the-Stone, that set of whispered phrases echoing in my ears.