deficit hawk
deficit hawk noun: a person, especially one in power, who emphasizes keeping government budgets under control, derogatory when such actions are seen as predatory or entail harsh fiscal discipline or austerity.
Noun
deficit hawk (plural deficit hawks)
- A person, especially one in power, who emphasizes keeping government budgets under control, derogatory when such actions are seen as predatory or entail harsh fiscal discipline or austerity.
- He is renowned for his ingenuity, enthusiasm and persistence ... and has established himself as one of the legislature's most ferocious deficit hawks.1995 January 6, Clay Chandler, “Deficit hawk takes the catbird seat”, in The Washington Post
- Such a lethal crossfire is the lot of a dying political breed: the deficit hawk, who obsesses on an accounting number as the lodestar of economic well-being.2003 April 14, Robert Novak, “The last deficit hawk”, in Townhall, archived from the original on 09 May 2021
Forms of deficit hawk
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Questions about deficit hawk
- What does deficit hawk mean?
- Deficit hawk means a person, especially one in power, who emphasizes keeping government budgets under control, derogatory when such actions are seen as predatory or entail harsh fiscal discipline or austerity.
- What part of speech is deficit hawk?
- Deficit hawk is a noun.
- What is the plural of deficit hawk?
- The plural of deficit hawk is deficit hawks.
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