Meaning of sling one's hook | Babel Free

Definitions

To leave, depart, especially if forced to do so.

colloquial, derogatory, idiomatic

Examples

“‘I don’t want⟳ none of your apologies, and I don’t want⟳ none of you neither; I don’t like⟳ the looks of you, and so I tell⟳ you. Before I let⟳ anybody into my house you’ll have⟳ to sling your hook.’”

“Placing his hand on the doorknob he could hear⟳ his father's indignant voice: "If he's no job he can damn well sling his hook, he's not living under my roof free gratis, I want⟳ him out."”

“Landlady: O'Brien? He don't live⟳ here any more. Not lived here for months. I made him sling his hook. Never paid his lodgings.”

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