be in debt
to owe money, especially to several different companies – used when talking about a person's financial situation
in debt (to somebody)
OWING MONEY, in arrears, behind with payments, overdrawn, insolvent, bankrupt, ruined, in liquidation, in the red, in Queer Street, on the rocks
in someone's debt
INDEBTED TO, beholden to, obliged to, duty bound to, honour bound to, obligated to, grateful, thankful, appreciative

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

owe to need to pay someone for something they have sold to you or because they have lent you money – used especially when talking about particular amounts of money:
You owe me $50.
The football club still owes £2.3 million.
be in debt to owe money, especially to several different companies – used when talking about a person’s financial situation:
She hates being in debt.
We started getting deeper and deeper into debt.
be overdrawn to owe an amount of money to your bank because you have taken more money out of an account than you have put in:
He received a letter saying he was overdrawn.
The bank charged me even though I was only a few pence overdrawn.
have an overdraft to be overdrawn, with the agreement of your bank:
When I finished college I had a big overdraft.
be in the red informal to have spent more money than you have:
The firm is £190,000,000 in the red.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

in debt
owing money
The man has been in debt for most of his life.

The man is in debt and owes much money to many people.

The woman is in debt to the furniture store.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲