get one’s hooks into something Idiom, Proverb

about to do something

on the point of doing something She was about to leave when the phone rang.

bail someone or something out

help or rescue The government has decided to bail out the troubled bank.

be fed up with (with someone or something)

be out of patience (with someone

bend over backwards to do something

try very hard If I can, I will bend over backwards to help you get a promotion in the company.

blow it (something)

fail at something I tried hard but I am sure that I blew the final math exam last week.

bring home the importance of something to someone

make someone fully realize something He was unable to bring home the importance of arriving early for the meeting.

bring something on

cause to develop rapidly I don

brush up on something

review something one has already learned I

can't make heads or tails of something

" can't understand something at all;"

dead set against something

determined not to do something They are dead set against their son going to Europe for a year.

get (one's) hooks into (someone or something)

To accretion ascendancy or access over addition or something, abnormally with an ambiguous motive. Because of my family's fortune, my parents consistently anguish that any babe I date is aloof aggravating to get her hooks into me for my money.Learn more: get, hook

get one’s hooks into something

tv. to get a authority of something; to accretion ascendancy of something. If I could get my hooks into the ascendancy of the company, I would change things for the better. Learn more: get, hook, something

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