To curve to the side from a straight trajectory.
The guard then hooked off the engine and told us to run round the train with the engine.
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To remove with a hooking motion.
We then found out we were in the wrong place, so the trailers had to be hooked off to turn the Jeeps round.
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To unhook or remove from a hook.
At about 4.5 p.m. it come back, tender in front, with 15 or 16 waggons, and stopped with the last of the waggons clear of No. 7; about five were hooked off and let down into the siding by gravity, and as soon as I had restored No. 7 poin…
"hook off" means: To unhook or remove from a hook.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
"hook off" means: To unhook or remove from a hook.. Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
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