premise: to <mask> debt, danger, displeasure, penalty, responsibility, etc.
hypothesis: the best context for <mask> here is To meet or fall in with, as something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to put one's self in the way of; to expose one's self to; but not A musical idea, or motive, rhythmically developed in consecutive single tones, so as to form a symmetrical and balanced whole, which may be sung by a single voice to the stanzas of a hymn or song, or even to plain prose, or played upon an instrument; a melody; a tune.