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
Ever since Sweeten last year got turned out of the headship of his house, and afterwards expelled, it’s seemed to me to be a risky thing for a fellow to run into debt.
From Tom, Dick and Harry by Reed, Talbot Baines
Because you've been weak, you've run into debt, the worst disturber of household peace.
From The House of Toys by Miller, Henry Russell
He was obliged to run into debt, and the interest of the money borrowed from his cousin was an additional burden.
From Shenac's Work at Home by Robertson, Margaret M. (Margaret Murray)
