Hook
Hook verb - To cause to turn away from a straight line.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Kaori Shito, the school nurse, is a possible hook-up for your protagonist (a student), but she does not actively try to seduce you.
Source: Teacher/Student Romance - In the seasons before they hook up, Richard Castle intentionally invades Beckett's space whenever possible, either in attempts to seduce her or simply because he's overexcited when he comes up with a theory about a potential killer.
Source: No Sense of Personal Space -
Bruno catches Pablo, the boyfriend of his ex Laura, checking him out openly at the gym, which leads him to believe that Pablo is bisexual and pretend to be gay/bi-curious himself to seduce Pablo away from Laura so that he can hook back up with her.
Source: Mistaken for Gay
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