perform quickly; cause an increase; accumulate quickly
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Run up Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
run up
v
1. as of debts or scores
2. raise, as of flags or sails [syn: hoist]
3. fasten by sewing; do needlework [syn: sew, sew together, stitch]
4. accumulate as a debt; "he chalked up $100 in the course of the evening" [syn: chalk up]
5. make by sewing together quickly; "run up a skirt"
pull something up on a rope We ran up the flag early this morning before the parade started.
drive to, go to, travel to; increase, add to a total
I have to run up to Edmonton tomorrow. Do you want to come?
Ming lets us run up a bill if we pay it once a month.
I have to run up to Edmonton tomorrow. Do you want to come?
Ming lets us run up a bill if we pay it once a month.
Verb
1. as of debts or scores
(hypernym) roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard
2. raise; "hoist the flags"; "hoist a sail"
(synonym) hoist
(hypernym) raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up
3. fasten by sewing; do needlework
(synonym) sew, sew together, stitch
(hypernym) fasten, fix, secure
(hyponym) hem
(entail) join, conjoin
4. accumulate as a debt; "he chalked up $100 in the course of the evening"
(synonym) chalk up
(hypernym) owe
5. make by sewing together quickly; "run up a skirt"
(hypernym) sew, tailor, tailor-make
Noun
1. a substantial increase over a relatively short period of time; "a runup in interest rates"; "market runups are followed by corrections"
(synonym) runup
(hypernym) increase
2. the approach run during which an athlete gathers speed
(hypernym) approach, approaching, coming
(part-holonym) bowling
Run up Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Run-up, also runup, may be:
- Run-up (cricket), type of movement made by a bowler
- Run-up (aviation), aircraft verification procedure performed just prior to take-off
- The maximum height on land reached by a tsunami as it encounters the shore
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Run up Definition from Sports Dictionaries & Glossaries
An approach shot that is close to the ground or on the ground.
