albatross »
Any of various large seabirds of the family Diomedeidae ranging widely in the Southern Ocean and the North Pacific and having a hooked beak and long narrow wings.
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bug out »
Miss school, play truant, play hooky.
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by hook or by crook »
By any means possible; one way or another.
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hook line and sinker »
completely
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hook, line and sinker »
Naively or unquestioningly.
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off the hook »
Of a telephone, having an open connection; not hung up.
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off the hook »
Performing extraordinarily well.
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off the hook »
Relieved of a duty, burden, responsibility, or pressure.
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on tenterhooks »
In a state of suspense or apprehension.
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play hookey »
To be absent without permission, especially from school.
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play hooky »
To miss school, work, or other duties without permission or an excuse.
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ring off the hook »
Of a telephone, to ring constantly or excessively.
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to give a person line »
To allow a person more or less liberty until it is convenient to stop or check him/her, like a hooked fish that swims away with the line.
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