become indebted

VERB

contract

Synonyms

STRONGEST

agree buy negotiate owe settle sign up undertake

STRONG

adjust arrange assent bargain bound circumscribe clinch close commit consent covenant dicker engage initial ink limit obligate pact pledge promise set stipulate

WEAK

accept offer come around enter into firm a deal give one's word go along with hammer out deal it's a deal make terms put in writing shake hands on it sign for sign papers swear to work out details

Antonyms

STRONG

break confuse derange disagree disapprove disarrange discourage disorder disorganize dissent end free let go open refuse reject release

WEAK

amplify break off dilate enlarge expand extend give increase lengthen spread stretch

Example Sentences

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“I have never become indebted to anyone during my time in politics,” Lee said at a news conference last month.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2025

He has watched till the sun has gone down, and the streets have become indebted for their illumination solely to the gas lamps.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. by Various

There are indeed few great poets who have not in some way become indebted to the inexhaustible treasure of Boccaccio’s creativeness.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various

Then, when he was so indiscreet as to become indebted to one of their number, they clapped him into prison.

From Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters by Bruce, H. Addington (Henry Addington)

To the woman-hater's mind, if a man has become indebted to a girl, honor bids him pay the debt, the sooner the better.

From Stanford Stories Tales of a Young University by Field, Charles K. (Charles Kellogg)

become indebted

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