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What is Off The Hook?
adj.
1. exceeding the minimal standard of satisfaction.
2. appealing to one's mind
That song is off the hook!
Off The Hook - video
Off The Hook - what is it?
A synomym for "busy". Taken from a phone reference; when you leave a phone off the hook, you get a "busy" signal. The phrase is used to convey that there were a lot of people attending a particular event.
Hey, the club last nite was "off the hook!"
What does "Off The Hook" mean?
Off the hook is actually a modernization of a series of slang words. Closely related to off the chain, there refering to something being so "fresh" and "new" that its literally right off the store shelf. (started in reference to clothes, the hangar being the hook)
Them shoes are off the hook dog.
Off The Hook - what does it mean?
That party was off the hook!
Off The Hook - meaning
To be released from something difficult,even from an obligation.
Thanks for getting me off the hook.I couldn't pay so much money because of that video tape that I broke.
Off The Hook - definition
Something that is all of: Dope, Phat and Fly!
That new Daft Punk track is off the hook!
Off The Hook - slang
Free from a difficult situation.
To be in a difficult situation is like hanging "on" a "hook"; to get free of the problem you must get "off the hook".
We've caught you again, but this time you won't get off the hook so easily!" You are "off the hook" when you are no longer responsible for some problematic situation. Example: "We found the guy who stole the money, so we know you didn't do it; you're off the hook." When you get yourself free from a difficult situation you are no longer "on the hook"; you are "off the hook." Example: "You're lucky; it turns out that Dad never heard you come in late last night." Answer: "Great, that means I'm off the hook!
Off The Hook
Wild, Chaotic, Unencumbered. Derived from ancient naval slang. The hook referred to the anchor. In violent storms, if the anchor would break loose from the seabottom (or break loose from the anchor chain - ref "Off the chain.."), the ship would be uncontrolled, free and wild. Utter chaos. Can you imagine anything more wild than a uncontrolled ship in a hurricane?
That party was OFF THE HOOK!
Off The Hook
A duo of singers at Splatoon 2. They replaced the squid sisters.
Did you saw the performance of Off The Hook at the splatfest? It was amazing!
Off The Hook
The old school use of 'off the hook' is to "get away with something", or "not be responsible for something", i.e., the fish that got away was 'off the hook'.
My sister broke up with her fiance, so I'm off the hook for buying her a wedding present.