DAILY VOCABULARY WITH PICTURES (hook).

1.- Meanings of hook:

• hook [countable]
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  hanging things

  a curved piece of metal or plastic that you use for hanging things on [↪ peg]:
• Tom hung his coat on the hook behind the door.
• 2

  catching fish

  a curved piece of thin metal with a sharp point for catching fish
• Idiomatic expressions: 
• 3

   let/get somebody off the hook

  to allow someone or help someone to get out of a difficult situation:
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•  Context and source: Let yourself off the hook and save apologies for when they matter most, ...
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• I wasn't prepared to let her off the hook that easily.
• 4

   leave/take the phone off the hook

  to leave or take the telephone receiver (=the part you speak into) off the part where it is usually placed so that no one can call you
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• Picture source:  daytodisconnect.com
• 5

   be ringing off the hook

  American English if your telephone is ringing off the hook, a lot of people are calling you
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• Picture source: daytodisconnect.com
• 6

  interest

  something that is attractive and gets people's interest and attention [= draw]:
• You always need a bit of a hook to get people to go to the theatre.
• 7

   by hook or by crook

  if you are going to do something by hook or by crook, you are determined to do it, whatever methods you have to use:
• The police are going to get these guys, by hook or by crook.
• 8

  hitting somebody

  a way of hitting your opponent in boxing, in which your elbow is bent [↪ punch, jab]
• 9

   hook, line, and sinker

  if someone believes something hook, line, and sinker, they believe a lie completely
• ➔ boat hook, curtain hook

   ; ➔ sling your hook

   at sling1 (4)
• Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
• Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
• 2.- How to bowl a Hook
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• How To Bowl A Hook: Video : Bowling can be very difficult. Sam teaches you quickly and easily how to bowl a hook to improve your bowling game. Bowling.
• Transcript from Videojug:
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• Bowling can be very difficult. Sam teaches you quickly and easily how to bowl a hook to improve your bowling game.
• Hi, my name is Sam. I have been a bowler for 20 years, and today, we are here at Rowan's Finsbury Park. Today, I will be showing you how to bowl. How to bowl a hook. We get our ball, in your position, hand underneath your ball, and on the end of your follow through, you'll go from position 6 to position 3 to generate your spin, giving you your hook. And to repeat that, on your back swing, your hand behind your ball and on your follow through from your hand position from 6 to 3 to generate your spin to give you your hook. .
• Thanks for watching video How To Bowl A Hook For more how to videos, expert advice, instructional tips, tricks, guides and tutorials on this subject, visit the topic Bowling.