in someone's debt in English

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    {
      "args": {
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      "expansion": "in someone's debt",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1972 March 14, Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather, spoken by Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando), Paramount Pictures",
          "text": "You never wanted my friendship and you were afraid to be in my debt.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Very grateful for something (a favor) that someone has done for one."
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          "grateful",
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      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "qiàn mǒurén rénqíng",
          "sense": "very grateful for something",
          "word": "欠某人人情"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "very grateful for something",
          "word": "i gjeld til"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "very grateful for something",
          "word": "i gjeld til"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "in someone's debt"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "prepositional phrase",
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      },
      "expansion": "in someone's debt",
      "name": "head"
    },
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "in someone's debt",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1972 March 14, Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather, spoken by Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando), Paramount Pictures",
          "text": "You never wanted my friendship and you were afraid to be in my debt.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Very grateful for something (a favor) that someone has done for one."
      ],
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          "grateful"
        ],
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          "favor",
          "favor"
        ]
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qiàn mǒurén rénqíng",
      "sense": "very grateful for something",
      "word": "欠某人人情"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "very grateful for something",
      "word": "i gjeld til"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "very grateful for something",
      "word": "i gjeld til"
    }
  ],
  "word": "in someone's debt"
}

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"in someone's debt" meaning in English

Prepositional phrase