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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction

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To: Solon who wrote (43262)12/17/2005 1:41:09 PM
From: ManyMoose  Read Replies (1) of 90947
 
LOL! You must mean impaled

im·pale dictionary.reference.com
tr.v. im·paled, im·pal·ing, im·pales

1.
1. To pierce with a sharp stake or point.
2. To torture or kill by impaling.
2. To render helpless as if by impaling.

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by hook or by crook

By whatever means possible, fair or unfair.

get the hook Slang

To be unceremoniously dismissed or terminated.

hook, line, and sinker Informal

Without reservation; completely: swallowed the excuse hook, line, and sinker.

off the hook Informal

Freed, as from blame or a vexatious obligation: let me off the hook with a mild reprimand.

on (one's) own hook

By one's own efforts.
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