How to Use off the hook in a Sentence

off the hook

phrase

• Age limits do not let companies off the hook for design reform.
  — Ravi Iyer, Time, 18 July 2026
• Yet the impact was simply to let Argentina players off the hook.
  — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 20 July 2026
• In other words, France isn’t exactly off the hook for its own noxious pollution.
  — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 1 July 2026
• Julián Alvarez scored a beauty in the 112th minute, getting Argentina off the hook yet again.
  — Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 12 July 2026
• His 47% strike ratio was better than the 34% by Yesavage, and Yesavage would help get Buehler off the hook in the bottom of the second.
  — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2026
• Irina’s investigation results let her off the hook immediately, while Vika is forced into a humiliating apology.
  — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 10 July 2026