in hock
Example Sentences
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In the New Statesman, he said: "We've got to get beyond this thing of being in hock to the bond markets".
From BBC • Sep. 25, 2025
Sure, Sang-hyeon, who runs a hand laundry, and cohort Dong-soo, who works at said church, could use the dough; times are tight and, on the front burner, Sang-hyeon is in hock to the local mob.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 27, 2022
Determined to make money, Aldo has a long history of failed entrepreneurial ventures, leaving him in hock to a host of aggrieved investors.
From Washington Post • Sep. 14, 2015
More than any other sport, modern track and field is in hock to the major sportswear brands that sustain it – some would say to an unhealthy degree.
From The Guardian • Sep. 2, 2015
Old man Smelts an' Mr. Gorman'd have what they took in hock before mornin'.
From Calvary Alley by Rice, Alice Caldwell Hegan
