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
“And”—aloud—“and I’ve run into debt, and I’ve—oh, I can’t tell you any more; I don’t want you to hate me!”
From Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir by Garvice, Charles
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.
"He'll have to," said Dr. O'Grady, "for �100 is all we've got, and we can't run into debt."
From General John Regan by Birmingham, George A.
