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Definition

Having suffered net losses; in debt.

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In Context

  • "Further testimony to his commercial incompetence lay in the fact that, at fifty cents a copy, a complete sellout would have left him worse than $300 in the hole—proof enough, if proof was needed, that it wasn't primarily money he was after; it was fame."
  • "Finance Director Robert Law added that even if Camden laid off all of its civilian employees, it would still be millions in the hole."
  • "Instead it was a critical and commercial bomb that put his production company millions in the hole, necessitating two Pusher sequels (in 2004 and 2005) to get him in the black."
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Opposite In Meaning

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Related Idioms

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in the red

Having net losses; in debt.

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in the wake of

Following.

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in the red

Having net losses; in debt.

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in the buff

Nude.

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in the nick of time

At the last possible moment; at the last minute.

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in Dutch

In trouble or in disfavor.
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