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in the hole |
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*in the hole Fig. in debt. (*Typically: be ~; get ~; go ~; put someone ~.) I'm $200 in the hole. We went into the hole on that deal. See also: hole in the hole owing money We're in the hole – every year our revenues grow more slowly than our costs. Usage notes: often used after an amount of money: He's $500 in the hole after buying his car. See also: hole How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Toto had been looking with great curiosity in the hole which the boy was digging, and growing more and more excited every minute, perhaps thinking that Button-Bright was after some wild animal. And so prevalent was the fashion, that on the occasion of a fight or other disturbance in the Hole, the ladies would be seen flocking from all quarters universally twisting their back-hair as they came along, and many of them, in the hurry of the moment, carrying their back-combs in their mouths. In this field you dig a hole and in the hole you bury a gold piece. |
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