on the hook for
idiom
US, informal
: owing money for (something) : responsible for (something)
He's still on the hook for the cost of the repairs.
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Rodgers carries a $23.5 million cap hit for 2025, but the Jets would be on the hook for a $49 million dead cap hit should the quarterback be released or retire.
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Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 24 Dec. 2024
Bayern is also on the hook for a significant part of Alexander Nübel’s salary at Stuttgart.
—Manuel Veth, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
The aircraft could crash and cause damage to people or property on the ground or collide with other objects in the air, putting those who shot them down on the hook for civil damages.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
In other words, if state and local police help ICE agents and other federal officials to conduct violent and lawless raids, those police—and by extension, local taxpayers— may be on the hook for damages to victims.
—Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
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Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 24 Dec. 2024
Bayern is also on the hook for a significant part of Alexander Nübel’s salary at Stuttgart.
—Manuel Veth, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
The aircraft could crash and cause damage to people or property on the ground or collide with other objects in the air, putting those who shot them down on the hook for civil damages.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
In other words, if state and local police help ICE agents and other federal officials to conduct violent and lawless raids, those police—and by extension, local taxpayers— may be on the hook for damages to victims.
—Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
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“On the hook for.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20the%20hook%20for. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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