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hook on

/hʊk ɒn/

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verb

/hʊk ɒn/B2formalamerican
  • ruФразовый глагол, означающий пристраститься к чему-либо или сильно заинтересоваться чем-либо.

A phrasal verb meaning to become addicted to something or to become very interested in something.

uncountable · intransitive · phrasal, inseparable

  1. Become addicted or obsessedinformal

    To become strongly attracted to or dependent on something, often a substance or activity.

    ruПодсесть

    • He got hooked on video games at a young age.
    • She is hooked on that new TV series.
    • Many people get hooked on caffeine without realizing it.

    Synonymsget intotake up

  2. Attach or fastenformal

    To physically attach something to another object using a hook or similar device.

    ruПрикрепить

    • He hooked the trailer on to his truck.
    • She hooked the necklace on behind her neck.
    • The worker hooked the chain on to the crane.

    Synonymsaffixattachclaspclipconnectcouplefastenhitchsecure

    Antonymsdetachunfastenunhook

Forms
  • hooked on past participle
  • hooked on past simple
  • hooking on present participle
  • hooks on third person singular

Base verbhook

Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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Vocabulary data from the Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset (CC BY 4.0), https://huggingface.co/datasets/Fristail27/vocab-bloom-hub-en

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