It can also mean to release someone from a difficult situation. I do need you to let me off the hook.

它也能指把某人从困境中解放出来。我确实需要你让我脱离困境。

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Release the fore lashing rope, down with the boat and detach the fore hook.

解开前固艇索，放下小艇，松开前吊艇钩。

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The locking plate includes a first aperture capable of receiving a hook extending from a pump head, a second aperture capable of receiving a drive shaft of the pump head, and a release member.

锁紧板包括第一孔、第二孔和释放元件，其中第一孔能够接收从泵头伸出的钩，第二孔能够接收泵头的驱动轴。

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Starr could still have damaging material that he has yet to release, so why take the chance of letting the President off the hook?

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Maybe she'd been stung by a hook before, a distinct possibility in this era of catch-and-release.

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