get (one's) hooks in

To gain control or influence over someone or something, especially with an ulterior motive. Because of my family's fortune, my parents always worry that any girl I date is just trying to get her hooks in.

get one's hooks in(to) someone or something

and get one's hooks in

Fig. to obtain a strong and possessive hold on someone or something. She just can't wait to get her hooks into him. He finally got in his hooks and guarded her jealously.

词组	get (one's) hooks in
释义	get (one's) hooks in get (one's) hooks in To gain control or influence over someone or something, especially with an ulterior motive. Because of my family's fortune, my parents always worry that any girl I date is just trying to get her hooks in. See also: get, hook Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. get one's hooks in(to) someone or something and get one's hooks in Fig. to obtain a strong and possessive hold on someone or something. She just can't wait to get her hooks into him. He finally got in his hooks and guarded her jealously. See also: get, hook McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. See also: get (one's) hooks into (someone or something) get hooks in get one’s hooks into someone get one’s hooks into something get your hooks into somebody get your hooks into someone expropriate expropriate (something) from (someone or something) go along go along with (someone or something)
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