Sentence examples for get off the hook from inspiring English sources

So how did they get off the hook?

"He just wanted to get off the hook".

As he put it in his blog, "I don't want to get off the hook.

"It's a lame excuse for them to try to get off the hook," Steinbrenner said.

How tragic it would be if advocates for international justice helped them get off the hook.

"This is typical BP trying to get off the hook," said Ray Brandhurst, owner of a 47-foot shrimp boat.

"Most borrowers aren't looking to get off the hook," Rohit Chopra, the bureau's student loan ombudsman, said Wednesday.

"The court should not let BP get off the hook without fully compensating Americans for what was lost.

The new intelligence assessment, the official said, "gives the Chinese an opportunity to get off the hook".

What would the accused have to prove to get off the hook? 1) That the information they revealed did not constitute trade secrets.

The alleged perpetrators, whose trial began this week, may now get off the hook and the scandal may be buried.The prime minister's change of heart may merely reflect a desire to win nationalist support ahead of parliamentary elections next year.