bank run
Noun
Meaning
the concerted action of depositors who try to withdraw their money from a bank because they think it will fail
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bank-run
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Did consumers pull out their data en masse like a bank run in the Depression?
Numerous politicians and editors who were given favorable loans from the bank run for cover as the financial temple crashes down.
On rare occasions, too many of the bank's customers will withdraw their savings and the bank will need help from another institution to continue operating; this is called a bank run.
The students also urged employees of major state-owned enterprises to go on strike.sfn In Wuhan the situation was so tense that residents reportedly began a bank run and resorted to panic-buying.sfn Similar scenes unfolded in Nanjing.
The eurozone is now subject to a run by global investors, and a quiet bank run among its citizens.