be hooked—(sl.)
1. be very dependent or keen on smth.:
- We’re not so hooked on the church, except for those bornagain Christians.
2. be addicted to smth.:
- It’s too depressing when you’re hooked, besides a girl looks terrible on heroin.
3. be captivated or charmed:
- Let me tell you, she’s really something. Oh, boy, was I hooked.
go on the hook—(U.S. sl.) get into debt:
- You’ll go on the hook for one of those eighty-dollar sports car coats and a ten dollar cap.
Note: The expression does not correlate in meaning with the phrase get the hook—(sl.) be removed from a position; be unceremoniously dismissed:
- The late Jimmy Snyder got the hook for racially insensitive remarks.
See also: get oneself off the hook / go off the hooks.