get the hook

phrase

informal

: to be removed

He got the hook after allowing three runs in the second inning.

The show drew sparse crowds and is getting the hook next week.

Examples of get the hook in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Following five scoreless frames, Dodgers right-hander Dustin May was chased with one out in the sixth, giving up a run on two singles and a walk to get the hook after 83 pitches. — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2025

Christian was playing poorly in her second game back and expected to get the hook early, but Morrone kept her on the floor. — Ethan Fuller, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Feb. 2023

To make room for these new series, some older shows could get the hook. — Anne Easton, Forbes, 13 May 2022

Charles Bowles, mayor for only a few months in 1930, was the only Detroit mayor to be recalled from office, and the first big-city mayor in the nation's history to get the hook. — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 27 Aug. 2021

If Boris doesn’t address this problem seriously and openly, however, his Cowardly Lion act will eventually get the hook. — John O'Sullivan, National Review, 27 Aug. 2020

Rhymes for get the hook

• kinderhook
• meadowbrook
• overlook
• overtook
• pocketbook
• storybook
• tillamook
• undertook
• betook
• casebook
• chapbook
• checkbook