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
"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.
Young ladies' extravagance ought to be met By teaching them—never to run into debt.
From Mrs. Turner's Cautionary Stories by Turner, Elizabeth
To begin to run into debt was an unsafe and demoralizing policy.
From Paul and the Printing Press by Scott, A. O. (Arthur O.)
