hock

Example Sentences

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However, he prompted a backlash from some Labour MPs after he suggested ministers were "in hock to the bond markets" - a reference to the government's self-imposed rules limiting spending and borrowing.

From BBC

The mayor has proposed raising taxes for higher earners and increasing borrowing to build council houses as he called for the government to "get beyond this thing of being in hock to the bond markets".

From BBC

In the New Statesman, he said: "We've got to get beyond this thing of being in hock to the bond markets".

From BBC

Ozzy and Sharon allowed the cameras to roll as they hurled a ham hock into a neighbor’s yard and a log through his window.

From Salon

But he also hocks a family ring to put everything he owns on his poor odds to win, which seems reckless.

From Los Angeles Times