- Sling your hook!
- Sling (your) hook!
British, informal, old-fashioned
an impolite way of telling someone to go away.
When he couldn't pay the rent, she told him to sling his hook.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
Sling your hook!
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sling your hook — british informal old fashioned phrase used for telling someone rudely to go away Thesaurus: ways of telling someone to go awaysynonym Main entry: sling * * * sling your hook see ↑sling, 1 • … Useful english dictionary
sling your hook — This is used as a way of telling someone to leave or go away … The small dictionary of idiomes
sling your hook — British informal old fashioned used for telling someone rudely to go away … English dictionary
Sling hook! — Sling (your) hook! British, informal, old fashioned an impolite way of telling someone to go away. When he couldn t pay the rent, she told him to sling his hook … New idioms dictionary
hook — 1 noun (C) 1 FOR HANGING THINGS ON a curved piece of metal or plastic that you use for hanging things on: Put your coat on the hook. 2 FOR CATCHING FISH a curved piece of thin metal with a sharp point for catching fish: a fish hook 3 by hook or… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
sling — I UK [slɪŋ] / US verb [transitive] Word forms sling : present tense I/you/we/they sling he/she/it slings present participle slinging past tense slung UK [slʌŋ] / US past participle slung 1) to throw something somewhere with force or in a careless … English dictionary
hook — hook1 S3 [huk] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(hanging things)¦ 2¦(catching fish)¦ 3 let/get somebody off the hook 4 leave/take the phone off the hook 5 be ringing off the hook 6¦(interest)¦ 7 by hook or by crook 8¦(hitting somebody)¦ 9 h … Dictionary of contemporary English
sling — sling1 [slıŋ] v past tense and past participle slung [slʌŋ] [T always + adverb/preposition] [Date: 1200 1300; Origin: Probably from Old Norse slyngva to throw violently ] 1.) to throw or put something somewhere with a careless movement and some… … Dictionary of contemporary English
sling — 1 verb past tense and past participle slung, (transitive always + adv/prep) 1 to throw something roughly or with a lot of force: Sling me the keys, will you? | sling sth across/into etc: Fiona slung her bag across the room. 2 to throw or put… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
sling one's hook — Vrb phrs. Go away. A demand or order to leave. E.g. You re not coming in here, sling your hook before I call for security … English slang and colloquialisms
