hook into

phrasal verb

hooked into; hooking into; hooks into

informal

: to become connected to (something, such as a computer network or a source of electrical power)

We don't have the hardware we need to hook into the network.

Examples of hook into in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Janet, Shannon and Heather were in the kitchen, and Janet was pinning the collar onto Heather's confirmation robe when a ceiling light, which was affixed to the ceiling with two chains and several eye hooks into a beam, crashed down onto the kitchen table without warning. —Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025

Advertisement To open each safe deposit box in the vault, the thieves invented a device that hooks into the keyhole and then uses leverage to bend the deadbolt so the door pops open. —Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 8 Aug. 2025

My first tee went just huge.… a massive hook into the bunker. —Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 7 Aug. 2025

Tool’s Maynard James Keenan got hooked into Sabbath when a cool aunt gave him copies of Black Sabbath and Joni Mitchell’s Blue during the same weekend. —Gary Graff, Billboard, 3 July 2025

Rhymes for hook into

• amadou
• avenue
• ballyhoo
• baraboo
• barbecue
• barbeque
• bugaboo
• cabildo
• caribou
• cockatoo
• detinue
• devalue