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hock

[hok] / hɒk /
VERB
pawn
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He has faced criticism in the past for arguing, external that the UK had "got to get beyond this thing of being in hock to the bond markets".

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

Markets are likely to expect higher U.K. public spending under Burnham due to his past comments that the U.K. shouldn’t be “in hock to the bond markets,” Deutsche Bank strategists said in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026

In the New Statesman, he said: "We've got to get beyond this thing of being in hock to the bond markets".

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2025

Razor-sharp teeth and surgical precision allow the bats to make an incision in an animal, such as in the hock of a cow, without the animal feeling it.

From Science Daily ● May 21, 2024

Then he lifted one of his horse’s front feet, curling it back at the hock.

From "In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse" by Joseph Marshall III




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