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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Increasing deliveries of its popular single-aisle airplane is critical to restoring Boeing's financial stability following years of production disruptions and crises that have left it deep in debt and losing money.
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David Shepardson, USA Today, 17 Oct. 2025
Shamefully, Sheinbaum is sending oil below market prices to Cuba even though Mexico’s state oil company, Pemex, is deep in debt and parts of her own country are facing gasoline shortages.
—Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
Late last month, Bayrou highlighted that France is deep in debt despite being the second-largest economy in the European Union, behind Germany.
—Simon Constable, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2025
One common situation arises when an heir is deep in debt.
—Naomi Cahn, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2025
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David Shepardson, USA Today, 17 Oct. 2025
Shamefully, Sheinbaum is sending oil below market prices to Cuba even though Mexico’s state oil company, Pemex, is deep in debt and parts of her own country are facing gasoline shortages.
—Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
Late last month, Bayrou highlighted that France is deep in debt despite being the second-largest economy in the European Union, behind Germany.
—Simon Constable, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2025
One common situation arises when an heir is deep in debt.
—Naomi Cahn, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 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 9 Nov. 2025.
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