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off the hook (not comparable)
Referring to the candlestick phone, which in order to hang up, the receiver must be hung on a hook. Leaving the receiver off the hook would prevent it from being able to receive calls.
off the hook (not comparable)
Unknown.
off the hook (not comparable)
get out of the straits
extricate from entanglement
から取り除く
relieve from
ぬけ出す
to pick something
to blame a fault―censure one's conduct―find fault with anything
廃れる.
縁切りする
to cut one's connection with someone or something