run up a deficit

Frequency: 7.210.5 per million words

To accumulate a deficit, often quickly or carelessly.

deficitVERB + deficit

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Examples (10)

  • The company has run up a deficit of £30,000 this year.
  • Due to reckless spending, the previous administration ran up a massive budget deficit.
  • If we're not careful, the department could run up a significant deficit this quarter.
  • He managed to run up a huge personal deficit by constantly living beyond his means.
  • Running up a trade deficit year after year is economically unsustainable.
  • How did the organization manage to run up such a large deficit so quickly?
  • After running up a huge deficit, the club was forced to sell its star players.
  • Many small countries run up trade deficits with larger economic powers.
  • The project wouldn't have run up this deficit if it had been managed properly from the start.
  • The new policy aims to stimulate growth without running up another fiscal deficit.