run into debt
Example Sentences
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Traditionally, employees at auction houses court collectors for years, waiting for them to divorce, run into debt, or die—the so-called “three ‘D’s.”
From The New Yorker • Jun. 27, 2016
Last summer we planned to run into debt for $3,300,000,000 of emergency expenditures.
From Time Magazine Archive
However, never attempt anything more than you can accomplish, and by all means do not run into debt.
From The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men by Germain, Walter
Rather free in spending his money, he has never run into debt except on one occasion, which turned out badly for him.
From Psychology A Study Of Mental Life by Woodworth, Robert S.
Thou talkest as though thy father had run into debt, and was looking unto thee to defray the charges!
From Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada by Holt, Emily Sarah
