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.

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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 Glittering and dangerous, much like beauty, much like the promises of youth, the story of Séverine and her captors is one that will get its hooks into you. Emily Temple may 27, Literary Hub, 27 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for hook into

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“Hook into.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hook%20into. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.

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