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run up a bill
verb as in owe
Example Sentences
CPC was selling petroleum products at a huge discount to consumers, and had run up a bill of some $4 billion with suppliers, despite not having adequate income to repay them.
Those trips have run up a bill of “at least” $2,252,600.50 from April 29 to Aug. 8, according to Tom Fitton, president of the watchdog organization.
It also invites tenants to run up a bill of months of back rent owed while delaying consequences.
“Over time, we can quickly run up a bill that gets into several millions of dollars,” King said Friday at a news conference at UCLA.
Mr Justice Warby ordered the lawyers to reduce their costs, noting Schillings had already run up a bill of £470,000 for work on witness statements alone, compared with £80,000 spent by the Telegraph for the same part of the work.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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