hook
1 curved fittingcrúca masc4 cmucroch fem2 cmu she hung her coat on a hook on the wall chroch sí a cóta ar chrúca ar an mballa the pot used to hang on a hook over the fire bhíodh an pota crochta ar chroch os cionn na tine 11 fishingiascaireacht catch fish transitiveaistreachduán a chur i she hooked a lovely pollock rug sí ar mhangach breá, fuair sí mangach breá ar an duán → hooked to be ringing off the hook (USSAM) bheith ag bualadh gan stad the phones have been ringing off the hook all day tá na fóin ag bualadh gan stad, gan staonadh ó mhaidin; níor stad na fóin ag bualadh ó mhaidin by hook or by crook ar ais nó ar éigeango breas nó go treas we'll get to the top of the hill, by hook or by crook bainfimid mullach an chnoic amach, ar ais nó ar éigean to get your hooks into sb informalneamhfhoirmeálta greim a fháil ar dhuinedo chrúba a fháil ar dhuine the bank has got its hooks into her tá sí i ngreim ag an mbanc, tá sí faoi bhos an chait ag an mbanc greed got its hooks into me fuair an tsaint greim orm, fuair an tsaint an ceann is fearr orm to get off the hook (also nó to wriggle off the hook) na cosa a thabhairt leat cmuéalú as sáinnteacht slán as gábh you won't get off the hook that easily ní scaoilfear leat chomh réidh sin, ní thiocfaidh tú as chomh héasca sin to get sb off the hook my solicitor got me off the hook thug mo dhlíodóir slán as an ngábh mé, shábháil mo dhlíodóir mé hook, line and sinker we fell for it hook, line and sinker chreideamar gach uile fhocal de to let sb off the hook ligean le duinescaoileadh le duine I'll let you off the hook this time ligfidh mé leat an uair seo I won't let you off the hook that easily ní scaoilfidh mé leat chomh réidh sin off the hook 1 of telephonebainte den chrúca I think your phone is off the hook sílim go bhfuil do ghuthán bainte den chrúca → hook in→ hook into→ hook together→ hook up Loading phrases and examples...
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