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go into hock

To go into debt. "Hock" comes from hok, the Dutch word for "prison" or "debt." I picked a smaller, more affordable college so I didn't have to go into hock to get an education.

go into hock

go into debt. We will have to go into hock to buy a house. I go further into hock every time I use my credit card.

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Lastly, you mention that "Wheaton residents won't be going into hock anytime soon to pay for street repairs." You can thank Phil Suess for that.

The better candidate for Wheaton mayor

Interestingly, there are no sob stories in the melodramatic media about Americans going into hock to buy a car, like the stories about them going into hock to pay for medical care or college tuition.

Fake news about "healthcare" costs

Desperate to avoid going into hock to Shylock (Gerry Vichi, a real cutie), Nick raids the nest egg accumulated by his wife, Bea (a feisty Heidi Blickenstaff), and gives it to the soothsayer Nostradamus (an inspired comic performance from Brad Oscar) for a glimpse into the future.