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
Young ladies' extravagance ought to be met By teaching them—never to run into debt.
From Mrs. Turner's Cautionary Stories by Turner, Elizabeth
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
In order to make up the balance, we must either draw on our national savings or run into debt.
From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) by Parrott, James Edward
