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in debt(expression, idiom, poor, poverty, bankrupt)
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in dire straits(expression, adjective, idiom)
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in low cotton
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in need of(expression, idiom, poor, exhausted, wanting)
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in rags
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inadequate
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indebted(poor, bankrupt, destitute, penniless, insolvent)
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indigents
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insecure
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insufficient
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involved
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lack
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lacking(adjective, poor, exhausted, wanting, bankrupt)
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mean
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mendicant
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necessary
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on the breadline(expression, adjective, idiom, poor, exhausted)
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on the rocks(expression, idiom, poor, exhausted, wanting)
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out at elbows(expression, idiom)
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played out(expression, poor, exhausted, lacking, wanting)
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