"hook it" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-hook it.ogg [Australia] Forms: hooks it [present, singular, third-person], hooking it [participle, present], hooked it [participle, past], hooked it [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} hook it (third-person singular simple present hooks it, present participle hooking it, simple past and past participle hooked it)
  1. (slang, intransitive, idiomatic) To depart in a hurry; to clear out. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive, slang Synonyms: take one's hook
    Sense id: en-hook_it-en-verb-fWSaoWKz Categories (other): English terms with placeholder "it"

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