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Meaning of in hock | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Having been pawned.
Indebted.
broadly, figuratively

Examples

“Her necklace is in hock in order to cover some family expenses.”

“The wind doesn’t stop blowing because an autocrat has a tantrum; harnessing the solar radiation that bathes our world doesn’t leave us in hock to the House of Saud.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

in hospital in hot pursuit in hysterics in ill part in irons in isolation