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bear run

 
 
noun [C] FINANCE, STOCK MARKET

Definition

a period of time during which prices in a financial market are going down: The stock market still has not recovered from the bear run that ended last spring. → Compare bull run
(Definition of bear run noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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