Search Result:run up
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")