Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Above your hook

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Above par.

Abracada’bra.

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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.


Above your hook—i.e.,

beyond your comprehension; beyond your mark. The allusion is to hat-pegs placed in rows; the higher rows are above the reach of small statures.	1

Above par.

Abracada’bra.

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