run sth up
(DEBT) — phrasal verb with run /rʌn/ verb (present participle running, past tense ran, past participle run)Definition
› If you run up a debt, you do things that cause you to owe a large amount of money: She stayed two weeks at the hotel and ran up a bill that she couldn't pay.Borrowing, lending and debt
(Definition of run sth up (DEBT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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run sb/sth to ground idiom
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run sth by sb phrasal verb
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run sth down phrasal verb
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run sth in phrasal verb
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run sth off phrasal verb
- run sth up phrasal verb (DEBT)
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run sth up phrasal verb (FLAG)
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run sth up phrasal verb (MATERIAL)
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run sth up phrasal verb (VALUE)
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run the gauntlet idiom
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run the risk of doing sth idiom
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Synonyms and related words:
- amortize verb
- arrears noun
- be in the hole idiom
- borrow verb (RECEIVE)
- bounce verb (NOT PAY)
- building society noun
- call it quits idiom
- credit risk noun
- delinquent adjective
- gearing noun
- get behind phrasal verb
- hock noun (MONEY)
- liability noun (RESPONSIBILITY)
- national debt noun
- overdraft noun
- pay sth off phrasal verb
- payable adjective
- receiver noun (PERSON)
- square the accounts/books idiom
- term noun (RULES)
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