get the hook
idiom
baseball, of a pitcher, informal
: to be removed
He got the hook after allowing three runs in the second inning.
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Christian was playing poorly in her second game back and expected to get the hook early, but Morrone kept her on the floor.
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Ethan Fuller, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Feb. 2023
To make room for these new series, some older shows could get the hook.
—Anne Easton, Forbes, 13 May 2022
Charles Bowles, mayor for only a few months in 1930, was the only Detroit mayor to be recalled from office, and the first big-city mayor in the nation's history to get the hook.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 27 Aug. 2021
If Boris doesn’t address this problem seriously and openly, however, his Cowardly Lion act will eventually get the hook.
—John O'Sullivan, National Review, 27 Aug. 2020
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Ethan Fuller, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Feb. 2023
To make room for these new series, some older shows could get the hook.
—Anne Easton, Forbes, 13 May 2022
Charles Bowles, mayor for only a few months in 1930, was the only Detroit mayor to be recalled from office, and the first big-city mayor in the nation's history to get the hook.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 27 Aug. 2021
If Boris doesn’t address this problem seriously and openly, however, his Cowardly Lion act will eventually get the hook.
—John O'Sullivan, National Review, 27 Aug. 2020
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“Get the hook.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20the%20hook. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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