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词汇 let-off-the-hook
释义

let someone off the hook


idiom
(alsoget someone off the hook)
to allow someone to escape from a difficult situation:
John's agreed to go to the meeting in my place so that lets me off the hook.
He denied leaking the documents to get himself off the hook.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Not punishing & reducing punishment
absolve
amnesty
be off the hookidiom
clear of something
commutation
discharge
escape
get away with murderidiom
get away with something
get off
get off lightlyphrase
hook
impunity
privilege
reprieve
royal pardon
scot-free
spare
unpunished
unsanctioned
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