in hock (to sb/sth)
► in debt: »
Most construction firms are deeply in hock to a single bank rather than to a handful of lenders.
► possessions that are in hock are pawned (= left temporarily with someone in exchange for an amount of money that must be paid back after a particular period of time to prevent the thing from being sold): »
He put everything he had in hock to buy the house, and still ended up owing money.
Main Entry: ↑hock
Financial and business terms. 2012.