arrears : Idioms & Phrases


In arrearIn arrears

  • behind; backward; behindhand; in debt.
Webster 1913

in arrears

  • adverb in debt
    behind; behindhand.
    • he fell behind with his mortgage payments
    • a month behind in the rent
    • a company that has been run behindhand for years
    • in arrears with their utility bills
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