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Overview of noun run_up

The noun run-up has 2 senses


  • runup, run-up -- (a substantial increase over a relatively short period of time; "a runup in interest rates"; "market runups are followed by corrections")

  • run-up -- (the approach run during which an athlete gathers speed)


Overview of verb run_up

The verb run up has 5 senses


  • run up -- (pile up (debts or scores))

  • hoist, run up -- (raise; "hoist the flags"; "hoist a sail")

  • sew, run up, sew together, stitch -- (fasten by sewing; do needlework)

  • chalk up, run up -- (accumulate as a debt; "he chalked up $100 in the course of the evening")

  • run up -- (make by sewing together quickly; "run up a skirt")