off the hook , also: off the heezy AmE slang

You might want to leave the phone off the hook.

He just needs to take his phone off the hook.

Life is not going to let you off the hook.

The phone was still off the hook when the police came.

But she was the one who let me off the hook.

Which was true enough and got me off the hook.

I've been using you to get myself off the hook.

We're not trying to get these people off the hook.

Off the Hook has been on the air since 1988.

So she's off the hook in the court of law.

If only she hadn't left the phone off the hook.

And she wasn't going to let him off the hook.

I asked, not about to let him off the hook.

Of course, many people do not want to see the federal government let off the hook either.

Just under four hours, to phone in the money and let her off the hook.

But he had me leave the phone off the hook, so the line would be open, see?

Later, the police said, the phone was taken off the hook.

This time, his new team got him off the hook.

Took me off the hook and put him on it!

But that was no reason to let him off the hook.

"I used to take the phone off the hook but no more."

It found a way to get us off the hook.

She took her phone off the hook, and went to bed.

He heard the sound of the phone being taken off the hook.

You were going to get me off the hook - remember?