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English
Verb
take one's hook (third-person singular simple present takes one's hook, present participle taking one's hook, simple past took one's hook, past participle taken one's hook)
- (slang, intransitive, idiomatic) To depart in a hurry; to clear out.
- Synonyms: hook it, sling one's hook
1893, Parker Gillmore, Leaves from a Sportsman's Diary, page 131:I'll have none of you fellows dangiing about here; my daughter is off to Cairo, so is the old woman, and I guess that she was hitched to Elisha Kent yesterday! Now take your hook.
References
- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary