Hook
Hook verb - To cause to turn away from a straight line.
Sink
Sink verb - To become worse or of less value.
How words are described
| old | old hook | old sink |
| solid | solid hook | solid sink |
| convenient | convenient hook | convenient sink |
| single | single hook | single sink |
| Other adjectives: small, powerful, actual, entire, real, massive, large, big, huge, excellent, potential, deliberate, new, major, flaming, minor, literal, said, giant, biggest. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Hook double-crossed both of them, stealing Ursula's voice so that Poseidon could never use it to sink another ship.
Source: Innocence Lost - Lastly, getting a game over on Fulbright's final testimony results in Athena and Simon getting off the hook, but the phantom getting away clean and the failure to bring him to justice causing public opinion towards the law to sink even lower.
Source: Downer Ending / Video Games -
Later in case 5, getting a game over on Fulbright's final testimony results in Athena and Simon getting off the hook, but the phantom getting away clean and the failure to bring him to justice causing public opinion towards the law to sink even lower.
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