hook in

hook in

To attract the attention of someone and make them want to purchase or experience something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "hook" and "in." The film series hooks its viewers in with its gorgeous effects and design, but it also has an incredibly engaging and emotionally complex story that keeps you invested. A huge number of restaurants in this part of town try to hook in customers with cheap food and bright, gaudy lights.
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hook in(to something)

To connect or link to something. I bet those guys next door illegally hooked into our cable.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

hook in (to something)

to connect into something. We will hook into the water main tomorrow morning. We dug the pipes up and hooked in.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • not do (someone or oneself) any favors
  • rescue from
  • rescue from (someone or something)
  • identify with
  • attune to
  • ask back
  • orient
  • orient to
  • orient to (something)
  • involved with
References in classic literature
Then it threshes about wildly, until it receives hook after hook in its soft flesh; and the hooks, straining from many different angles, hold the luckless fish fast until it is drowned.
Tales of the Fish Patrol
It was designed by Mary Hook in the early 1950s for her own use.
Bachelor pad: suave and sophisticated, this Sandy Hook compound defines Sarasota style
About half of all Hanoi burglaries in West Yorkshire are 'sneak-ins', where thieves have simply walked in through unlocked doors to snatch car keys which have usually been left in obvious places, such as on a table or on a hook in the kitchen.
Hanoi burglaries
And in Canada he is just as well known for his regular appearances as Captain Hook in Peter Pan.
Arts Diary: The long and short of 60s blues singer; Ex-pop idol, alias Captain Hook, Long John Baldry makes regular return trips to the NW from Canada. Philip Key reports