in debt: under obligation to pay something; owing something, esp. money (see also 2c); in any one's debt: under obligation to pay or render…

in, upon, on (the) score: in debt. to run into scoresor in score, to runor go onor upon (the) score: to incur debts. upon the score of: indebted to…

With the. The debit side of an account, conventionally written in red ink; (hence) debt, overdraft. Also in extended use. Cf. black, adj. n.phrases 8.

in (occasionally the) hock: (a) in the act (of gambling); (b) in prison; (c) in pawn; (d) in debt. So occasionally out of hock.