Sentence examples for got off the hook from inspiring English sources

In each case, the drivers were involved in situations where they could either gain or increase their points, and while neither driver succeeded in performing his team's request, both got off the hook.

"For too long supermarkets have got off the hook, stocking lads' mags in the face of widespread opposition, but this time we have the law on our side," said Kat Banyard, founder of UK Feminista.

As Philip Mirowski, one of the world's leading historians of economic thought, puts it: "The bankers have got off the hook, and gone back to business as usual – and so too have the economists".

"Individuals who were responsible for the raid were not brought to justice, and the state got off the hook with a small lawsuit from the family of a child who happened to be visiting that day and was scooped up," Mr. Dyer wrote.

'Remember that intern that died early on and got off the hook easy?

"They've all got off the hook, getting plum postings and awards.

"Because of Ken Buck's irresponsible actions, a corrupt gun dealer got off the hook--a gun dealer who has contributed to Buck's Senate campaign," said David Donnelly, director of Campaign Money Watch, in the group's press release.

"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.