incur

/ɪnˈkɜːr/ verb [T] (present participle incurring, past tense and past participle incurred) formal

Definition

› to experience something unpleasant as a result of something you have done: to incur debts I am sorry to have incurred his anger.

(Definition of incur verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to do something without worrying about the risk or negative results

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