Idiom
put in pledge
Meaning
To pawn; to give as a guarantee.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He had to put his watch in pledge to pay the bill.”
“Faced with an urgent debt, she decided to put her grandmother's ring in pledge at the local shop.”
“Desperate for capital to save his failing estate, the nobleman chose to put his family heirlooms in pledge rather than sell them outright.”
Examples
simple
“He had to put his watch in pledge to pay the bill.”
contextual
“Faced with an urgent debt, she decided to put her grandmother's ring in pledge at the local shop.”
complex
“Desperate for capital to save his failing estate, the nobleman chose to put his family heirlooms in pledge rather than sell them outright.”
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