deep in debt

idiom

: owing a large amount of money : having a lot of debt
They found themselves deep in debt.

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But there is no intent to make this a transaction that puts the new district deep in debt. Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 June 2025 Bill, a philosophy lecturer at Brown, and Brady, still living at home in Oklahoma, selling drugs and deep in debt. Barry Levitt, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025 That would raise borrowing costs for governments already deep in debt. David McHugh, TIME, 18 Mar. 2025 For some people deep in debt, bankruptcy can offer a second chance. Paulette Perhach, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for deep in debt

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“Deep in debt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deep%20in%20debt. Accessed 25 Jun. 2025.

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