'Sling Your Hook'

[ChamakC]

What does the expression 'Sling your hook' mean?

[janelh]

It's either an order to 'get lost' or it means 'to run away', derived probably from dropping your hook and scarpering, hook in this case being something like a scythe or other curved cutting blade.

[princejohn]

1. to leave 2. to die 3. to pick pockets