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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Boston taxpayers are already on the hook for about $100 million, for the city’s half of the project.
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Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 11 Feb. 2025
Those plans have yet to materialize, even as the county continues to be on the hook for at least $36,000 in monthly rental payments.
—Ethan Varian, The Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2025
Arenado is owed $74 million over the next three years, with the Colorado Rockies on the hook for $10 million as part of their 2021 trade with the Cardinals.
—Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
According to a summary of the bill, schools would essentially be on the hook for paying their graduates’ loans back if those students didn’t end up earning as much money as the college predicted.
—Forbes, 3 Feb. 2025
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Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 11 Feb. 2025
Those plans have yet to materialize, even as the county continues to be on the hook for at least $36,000 in monthly rental payments.
—Ethan Varian, The Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2025
Arenado is owed $74 million over the next three years, with the Colorado Rockies on the hook for $10 million as part of their 2021 trade with the Cardinals.
—Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
According to a summary of the bill, schools would essentially be on the hook for paying their graduates’ loans back if those students didn’t end up earning as much money as the college predicted.
—Forbes, 3 Feb. 2025
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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 24 Feb. 2025.
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