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in dutch

in dutch is the alternative form of in Dutch.

Prepositional phrase capitalized: in Dutch

  1. (Canada, US, dated, idiomatic) In trouble or in disfavor.
    • Thirteen youthful nurses at the Worcester City Hospital enriched a local barber to the extent of $13 a few days ago when they had their hair bobbed and now the entire 13 are very much in dutch with the authorities at the hospital.1923 July 27, “Hospital Puts Ban upon Bobbed Hair”, in The Day, USA, retrieved 29 Aug 2011, page 9
    • “And for that amount of money you're willing to get yourself in Dutch with half the law enforcement of this county?”1939, Raymond Chandler, chapter 18, in The Big Sleep
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, Dutch.

Forms of in dutch

alternative formin dutch

Questions about in dutch

What does in dutch mean?
In dutch means in trouble or in disfavor.
What is in dutch the alternative form of?
In dutch is the alternative form of in Dutch.
What part of speech is in dutch?
In dutch is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in dutch in the dictionary

  1. in droves
  2. in dubio pro reo
  3. in due course
  4. in due time
  5. in duplicate
  6. in dutch
  7. in earnest
  8. in effect
  9. in effigy
  10. in embryo
  11. in equal measure

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: in dutch (page history and authors); in Dutch (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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