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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

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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

Is it not honour and reward enough that a gentleman condescends to become indebted to you?

From A Pirate of the Caribbees by Lacy, C.J. de

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)

But Hugh, on hearing what was proposed, made strong objection: he refused to accept the hospitality of people quite unknown to him; why, with abundant resources of their own, should they become indebted to strangers?

From The Whirlpool by Gissing, George

When did the world become indebted to you?

From The Story of Cole Younger, by Himself by Younger, Cole

become indebted

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