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run on the banks

run on the banks is the alternative form of bank run.

Meaning of bank run

Noun

bank run (plural bank runs)

  1. An event where many depositors of one or more banks withdraw money from their bank accounts within a short time, causing the banks concerned to become unstable.

Forms of run on the banks

pluralruns on the banks

Questions about run on the banks

What is run on the banks the alternative form of?
Run on the banks is the alternative form of bank run.

Words near run on the banks in the dictionary

  1. run off with
  2. run on
  3. run on empty
  4. run on fumes
  5. run on the bank
  6. run on the banks
  7. run one on
  8. run one's face
  9. run one's mouth
  10. run one's mouth off
  11. run one's name

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Adapted from Wiktionary: run on the banks (page history and authors); bank run (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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