get the hook

get the hook

To be relieved of a particular job or task. Primarily heard in US. After giving up back-to-back home runs, our closer got the hook.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

get the hook

AMERICAN
If someone gets the hook, they are sent away, especially from a sports team. When Caballero got the hook, Milne took his place. Note: You can also say that someone is given the hook. He allowed in three goals and had to be given the hook.
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Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

get (or give someone) the hook

be dismissed from a job (or dismiss someone from a job). North American informal
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get the hook

Slang
To be unceremoniously dismissed or terminated.
See also: get, hook
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
See also:
  • be given the hook
  • be back on the rails
  • back o' Bourke
  • come back and see us
  • back
  • back at (something or some place)
  • be/go back to square one
  • a while back
  • back door
  • back to square one