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Meaning of under hack | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Examples

“If, for example, you pay your mess bills with checks which repeatedly bounce, why shouldn't you get ten days under hack, or a court martial? If you say you have insurance, and then don't, why shouldn't the commanding general recommend you for a general court martial?”

“Sometimes they got in the way and were "thrown in the brig" by Marines, or "confined to quarters" and "put under hack" by a kind, but firm father.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

under hatches under lock and key under no circumstance under no circumstances under oath under one's arm

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