in hock

prepositional phrase2

1. •
   Having been pawned.

   • Her necklace is in hock in order to cover some family expenses.
2. •
   (figurative) Indebted.

   • 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. — 2022