Hook and Means

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Hook noun - A hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument.

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Means and hook are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Means" instead a noun "Hook".

Nearby Words: hooked, hookup, hooker, hooking, hooky

Means noun - How a result is obtained or an end is achieved.

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Hook and means are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hook" instead a noun "Means".

Nearby Words: mean, meaning

old	old hook	old means
good	good hook	good means
similar	similar hook	similar means
direct	direct hook	direct means
Other adjectives: many, obvious, powerful, actual, real, little, main, new, possible, primary, different.

Sam, as the guilty party, is being accused of rape but gets off the hook by means of an arranged False Rape Accusation.

Source: Film / Wild Things
Holmes had previously been savagely tortured by Moriarty by means of a meat hook through the shoulder.

Source: Defensive Feint Trap
This hardly means he's off the hook for decades of terrorism and assassinations, forcing him to stay in hiding from the authorities at the start of the movie.

Source: Film / Captain America: Civil War

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