run-upn.

Brit.

/ˈrʌnʌp/, U.S.

/ˈrənˌəp/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: run v., up adv.¹

Etymology: < run v. + up adv.¹

a. In coursing and greyhound racing: the section of the chase up to the first turn or wrench of the hare. Cf. runner-up n. 2.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > greyhound racing > [noun] > first part of a race

run-up1834

1834 T. Thacker Courser's Compan. I. 134 One dog is sometimes behind the other in the first run up to the hare.

1853 ‘Stonehenge’ Greyhound 358 The first cote constitutes what is sometimes called the run up, or speed to the hare.

1884 Field 6 Dec. (Cassell's) Pious Fraud scored the run-up from Alone.

1921 Times 16 Feb. 14/5 Staff Job put in an extra effort near the finish of the run up.

2009 Racing Post (Nexis) 25 July 109 He had to show real determination and exceptional early pace to burst his way to the front on the run-up last week and there are few faster greyhounds down the back straight.

b. Sport. A run made in preparation for a jump, throw, bowl, etc.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > athletics > [noun] > specific athletic sports other than running > preparatory run

ram-race1695

run-up1897

1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 52/2 Pace in the run-up supplies the impetus; spring enables the jumper to lift himself into the air.

1919 F. A. M. Webster et al. Success in Athletics x. 83 The last stride must be a short one, so that the jumping leg may be gathered well under the body for the spring. This accounts for the run-up, which must be most assiduously practised.

1929 G. M. Butler Mod. Athletics ix. 122 Should the run-up be inaccurate, there will be a loss of at least a foot.

1948 K. S. Duncan Oxf. Pocket Bk. Athletic Training iv. 62 Practise and standardize the run-up, cross step and throwing stance.

1959 Times 17 June 6/6 Horner, with his upright stance and utter immobility during the bowler's run-up.

1974 Rules of Game 18/3 The parallel lines may be crossed during run-up, but the competitor must be between them when the javelin is released.

1977 J. Laker One-day Cricket 48 The length of a bowler's run-up is limited to 15 yards.

2004 A. Hollinghurst Line of Beauty xi. 275 Cecil's trick was to take a short run-up, and then with a complete revolution of the arm to send the welly flying as if to a waiting batsman.

c. Sport. The act of taking or sending a ball up to the goal or into a position for final play; esp. (in Golf) a low approach shot in which the ball runs mainly along the ground.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > [noun] > manner of playing ball

bata1400

back-swing1577

banding1589

stroke1662

stop1773

swipe1788

straik1820

screwing1825

return1833

volleying1837

return stroke1838

volley1851

swiper1853

shot1868

handling1870

screw kick1870

mishit1882

smash1882

misfield1886

fumble1895

run-up1897

mishitting1900

balloon1904

carryback1905

placement1909

tonk1922

trick shot1924

retrieve1952

sizzler1960

undercut1960

shotmaking1969

1897 Outing 30 484/1 Foster.., after a clean run from 'way down the field, puts the ball through the uprights... The excitement of the run-up has been intense.

1901 Scotsman 9 Sept. 4/7 Vardon, after being short in his run up, missed the hole for a 3.

1931 Daily Express 31 Jan. 9/5 Compston, playing a run-up shot to the first green, shouted after the ball, ‘Hit the stick.’

1963 Times 14 Jan. 3/7 Agate won back the 13th, where he played a run-up to the hole.

2006 Australian (Nexis) 17 July 26 When his turn came, he needed three wooden clubs and a run-up to reach both the first and third holes.

d. The approach of an aircraft to a place of landing; = run-in n. 4.

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society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [noun] > sudden rapid descent > descent prior to landing > landing approach

approach1930

run-in1942

run-up1942

1942 R.A.F. Jrnl. 27 June 8 Another Stirling and a Wellington adopted almost identically the same run-up as ourselves.

1958 ‘N. Shute’ Rainbow & Rose ii. 43 I went up again and circled round... ‘I'm going to do a dummy run.’.. I took a longer run-up this time.

1976 ‘G. Black’ Moon for Killers vii. 99 A small, single-prop job was coming in for a landing..its turn completed, the run-up going to be towards us.

e. A period of time or series of occurrences leading up to some significant event; an action which prepares the way for one on a larger scale.

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the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [noun] > a) preparation(s)

preparationsc1390

preparativea1450

preparatory1577

preparado1610

bundobust1776

arrangement1786

build-up1927

warm-up1943

run-up1961

loosener1987

the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [noun] > time preceding something or eve

before1551

eve1626

aforetime1803

run-up1961

1961 Times 9 Oct. 12/1 The chairmanship of the Conservative organization must be virtually a full-time job in the two years or so of the run-up to the next general election.

1966 Sunday Times 20 Nov. 48/2 The Petit Palais show offers, also, invaluable evidence in its drawing section of the ways in which Picasso manoeuvred during the crucial run-up to the ‘Demoiselles d'Avignon’.

1975 M. Kenyon Mr Big v. 47 Heathrow was the run-up to the train job because there had to be capital.

1977 Film & Television Technician Jan. 1/2 During the run-up to the overtime ban..the Trade Press was uniformly critical of the employers.

1983 R. Ramsay Corsican Time-bomb v. 80 Chaban Delmas..was handicapped by his poor showing in the opinion polls in the run up to the election.

2009 Brentwood (Essex) Gaz. (Nexis) 16 Dec. 2 The farm shop might be feeling the squeeze on a week-by-week basis but it couldn't be busier in the run-up to Christmas.

f. Cricket. The strip of ground covered by a bowler on running up to deliver the ball (cf. sense 1d); the area behind the wicket in which such strips lie.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [noun] > run up

run-up1979

1979 Laws of Cricket (Marylebone Cricket Club) §11. 16 Whenever possible, the bowlers' run-up shall be covered.

1994 I. Botham My Autobiogr. x. 193 I'll never forget the time we placed firecrackers on Bob Willis' run-up during a Test match.

2004 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 16 May (Sport section) 8 On Wednesday he refused to finish an over because he felt that the run up was too wet.

2. Bookbinding. A design made on the spine of a book by running a roll (roll n.¹ 17) from top to bottom without mitring (mitre v.² 3). Frequently attributive. Now rare.

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society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > ornament or lettering on binding > [noun] > impressed designs > type of

fillet1641

blind-tooling1818

blocking1846

gold blocking1852

blind-blocking1870

run-up1875

gouge1885

azure1894

goffering1894

blind-stamping1910

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2004/2 Run-up, a fillet-mark which runs from head to tail on the back, without mitering with the horizontal cross fillets on the panels.

1880 J. W. Zaehnsdorf Art of Bookbinding 131 With a ‘run-up’ back, the edge of the leather round the end papers is to..have a roll run round it in gold.

1928 Rod for Back of Binder (R. R. Donnelley & Sons, Co.) 31 In a run-up back the saving is effected by running two lines all the way up each side of the back and omitting the mitering.

3. A rapid increase in the price or value of a commodity.

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society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > fluctuation in price > [noun] > (an) increase in price > sudden

run-up1884

runaway1940

breakthrough1949

1884 Times 9 Dec. 8/2 The stir created in futures..caused a run up of 25 to 35 points.

1935 Sun (Baltimore) 13 Apr. 17/8 Corn advanced to 1 to 1¾ cents a bushel, but cotton was reactionary after Thursday's run-up.

1958 Wall St. Jrnl. 3 Dec. 27/4 Referring to the recent sharp run-up and activity in Walworth Co. stock, amid talk of merger possibilities, Fred W. Belz, president, said [etc.].

1976 National Observer (U.S.) 6 Mar. 4/3 The price scare and runup in the futures prices in recent weeks ‘says to me that farmers deep down inside know that this crop is not lost’.

1979 Time 13 Aug. 26/3 The industry most severely dented by the oil run-up is auto manufacturing.

1991 Forbes 2 Sept. 194/1 In spite of its runup, Atlantic Southeast is still selling at just 13 times trailing earnings.

4. The action or an act of running a motor or mechanical device, esp. an aircraft engine, until it attains normal functioning or speed; a warm-up.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > motor > [noun] > warming-up of motor

run-up1940

1940 Pop. Mech. Jan. (Advertising section) 116A/2 Before launching there is an engine ‘run-up’.

1946 Happy Landings July 3/1 Correct use of air filters and observing precautions against dust during run up are matters for the pilot to remember.

1958 ‘J. Castle’ & A. Hailey Flight into Danger i. 16 In the run-up each engine in turn is opened to full throttle and each of the mags tested separately.

1959 W. S. Sharps Dict. Cinematogr. 126/2 Run up, the term given to the passage of film or a magnetic recording medium through a camera or recorder before the correct recording speed is obtained; or through a projector or other machine before the first subject image or sound is reached.

1962 A. Nisbett Technique Sound Studio viii. 139 The reproducer may take as much as a second or so to run up... Check this run-up time by using a recording of pure tone.

2001 T. P. Turner Instrument Flying Handbk. 257 The pilots of those big jets will certainly get upset if you come to a full stop and block the traffic for an engine run-up.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	run-up
释义	run-upn. Brit. /ˈrʌnʌp/, U.S. /ˈrənˌəp/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: run v., up adv.¹ Etymology: < run v. + up adv.¹ 1. a. In coursing and greyhound racing: the section of the chase up to the first turn or wrench of the hare. Cf. runner-up n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > greyhound racing > [noun] > first part of a race run-up1834 1834 T. Thacker Courser's Compan. I. 134 One dog is sometimes behind the other in the first run up to the hare. 1853 ‘Stonehenge’ Greyhound 358 The first cote constitutes what is sometimes called the run up, or speed to the hare. 1884 Field 6 Dec. (Cassell's) Pious Fraud scored the run-up from Alone. 1921 Times 16 Feb. 14/5 Staff Job put in an extra effort near the finish of the run up. 2009 Racing Post (Nexis) 25 July 109 He had to show real determination and exceptional early pace to burst his way to the front on the run-up last week and there are few faster greyhounds down the back straight. b. Sport. A run made in preparation for a jump, throw, bowl, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > athletics > [noun] > specific athletic sports other than running > preparatory run ram-race1695 run-up1897 1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 52/2 Pace in the run-up supplies the impetus; spring enables the jumper to lift himself into the air. 1919 F. A. M. Webster et al. Success in Athletics x. 83 The last stride must be a short one, so that the jumping leg may be gathered well under the body for the spring. This accounts for the run-up, which must be most assiduously practised. 1929 G. M. Butler Mod. Athletics ix. 122 Should the run-up be inaccurate, there will be a loss of at least a foot. 1948 K. S. Duncan Oxf. Pocket Bk. Athletic Training iv. 62 Practise and standardize the run-up, cross step and throwing stance. 1959 Times 17 June 6/6 Horner, with his upright stance and utter immobility during the bowler's run-up. 1974 Rules of Game 18/3 The parallel lines may be crossed during run-up, but the competitor must be between them when the javelin is released. 1977 J. Laker One-day Cricket 48 The length of a bowler's run-up is limited to 15 yards. 2004 A. Hollinghurst Line of Beauty xi. 275 Cecil's trick was to take a short run-up, and then with a complete revolution of the arm to send the welly flying as if to a waiting batsman. c. Sport. The act of taking or sending a ball up to the goal or into a position for final play; esp. (in Golf) a low approach shot in which the ball runs mainly along the ground. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > [noun] > manner of playing ball bata1400 back-swing1577 banding1589 stroke1662 stop1773 swipe1788 hit1810 straik1820 screwing1825 return1833 volleying1837 return stroke1838 volley1851 swiper1853 shot1868 handling1870 screw kick1870 mishit1882 smash1882 misfield1886 fumble1895 run-up1897 mishitting1900 balloon1904 carryback1905 placement1909 tonk1922 trick shot1924 retrieve1952 sizzler1960 undercut1960 shotmaking1969 1897 Outing 30 484/1 Foster.., after a clean run from 'way down the field, puts the ball through the uprights... The excitement of the run-up has been intense. 1901 Scotsman 9 Sept. 4/7 Vardon, after being short in his run up, missed the hole for a 3. 1931 Daily Express 31 Jan. 9/5 Compston, playing a run-up shot to the first green, shouted after the ball, ‘Hit the stick.’ 1963 Times 14 Jan. 3/7 Agate won back the 13th, where he played a run-up to the hole. 2006 Australian (Nexis) 17 July 26 When his turn came, he needed three wooden clubs and a run-up to reach both the first and third holes. d. The approach of an aircraft to a place of landing; = run-in n. 4. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [noun] > sudden rapid descent > descent prior to landing > landing approach approach1930 run-in1942 run-up1942 1942 R.A.F. Jrnl. 27 June 8 Another Stirling and a Wellington adopted almost identically the same run-up as ourselves. 1958 ‘N. Shute’ Rainbow & Rose ii. 43 I went up again and circled round... ‘I'm going to do a dummy run.’.. I took a longer run-up this time. 1976 ‘G. Black’ Moon for Killers vii. 99 A small, single-prop job was coming in for a landing..its turn completed, the run-up going to be towards us. e. A period of time or series of occurrences leading up to some significant event; an action which prepares the way for one on a larger scale. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [noun] > a) preparation(s) preparationsc1390 preparativea1450 preparatory1577 preparado1610 bundobust1776 arrangement1786 build-up1927 warm-up1943 run-up1961 loosener1987 the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [noun] > time preceding something or eve before1551 eve1626 aforetime1803 run-up1961 1961 Times 9 Oct. 12/1 The chairmanship of the Conservative organization must be virtually a full-time job in the two years or so of the run-up to the next general election. 1966 Sunday Times 20 Nov. 48/2 The Petit Palais show offers, also, invaluable evidence in its drawing section of the ways in which Picasso manoeuvred during the crucial run-up to the ‘Demoiselles d'Avignon’. 1975 M. Kenyon Mr Big v. 47 Heathrow was the run-up to the train job because there had to be capital. 1977 Film & Television Technician Jan. 1/2 During the run-up to the overtime ban..the Trade Press was uniformly critical of the employers. 1983 R. Ramsay Corsican Time-bomb v. 80 Chaban Delmas..was handicapped by his poor showing in the opinion polls in the run up to the election. 2009 Brentwood (Essex) Gaz. (Nexis) 16 Dec. 2 The farm shop might be feeling the squeeze on a week-by-week basis but it couldn't be busier in the run-up to Christmas. f. Cricket. The strip of ground covered by a bowler on running up to deliver the ball (cf. sense 1d); the area behind the wicket in which such strips lie. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [noun] > run up run-up1979 1979 Laws of Cricket (Marylebone Cricket Club) §11. 16 Whenever possible, the bowlers' run-up shall be covered. 1994 I. Botham My Autobiogr. x. 193 I'll never forget the time we placed firecrackers on Bob Willis' run-up during a Test match. 2004 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 16 May (Sport section) 8 On Wednesday he refused to finish an over because he felt that the run up was too wet. 2. Bookbinding. A design made on the spine of a book by running a roll (roll n.¹ 17) from top to bottom without mitring (mitre v.² 3). Frequently attributive. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > ornament or lettering on binding > [noun] > impressed designs > type of fillet1641 blind-tooling1818 blocking1846 gold blocking1852 blind-blocking1870 run-up1875 gouge1885 azure1894 goffering1894 blind-stamping1910 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2004/2 Run-up, a fillet-mark which runs from head to tail on the back, without mitering with the horizontal cross fillets on the panels. 1880 J. W. Zaehnsdorf Art of Bookbinding 131 With a ‘run-up’ back, the edge of the leather round the end papers is to..have a roll run round it in gold. 1928 Rod for Back of Binder (R. R. Donnelley & Sons, Co.) 31 In a run-up back the saving is effected by running two lines all the way up each side of the back and omitting the mitering. 3. A rapid increase in the price or value of a commodity. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > fluctuation in price > [noun] > (an) increase in price > sudden run-up1884 runaway1940 breakthrough1949 1884 Times 9 Dec. 8/2 The stir created in futures..caused a run up of 25 to 35 points. 1935 Sun (Baltimore) 13 Apr. 17/8 Corn advanced to 1 to 1¾ cents a bushel, but cotton was reactionary after Thursday's run-up. 1958 Wall St. Jrnl. 3 Dec. 27/4 Referring to the recent sharp run-up and activity in Walworth Co. stock, amid talk of merger possibilities, Fred W. Belz, president, said [etc.]. 1976 National Observer (U.S.) 6 Mar. 4/3 The price scare and runup in the futures prices in recent weeks ‘says to me that farmers deep down inside know that this crop is not lost’. 1979 Time 13 Aug. 26/3 The industry most severely dented by the oil run-up is auto manufacturing. 1991 Forbes 2 Sept. 194/1 In spite of its runup, Atlantic Southeast is still selling at just 13 times trailing earnings. 4. The action or an act of running a motor or mechanical device, esp. an aircraft engine, until it attains normal functioning or speed; a warm-up. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > motor > [noun] > warming-up of motor run-up1940 1940 Pop. Mech. Jan. (Advertising section) 116A/2 Before launching there is an engine ‘run-up’. 1946 Happy Landings July 3/1 Correct use of air filters and observing precautions against dust during run up are matters for the pilot to remember. 1958 ‘J. Castle’ & A. Hailey Flight into Danger i. 16 In the run-up each engine in turn is opened to full throttle and each of the mags tested separately. 1959 W. S. Sharps Dict. Cinematogr. 126/2 Run up, the term given to the passage of film or a magnetic recording medium through a camera or recorder before the correct recording speed is obtained; or through a projector or other machine before the first subject image or sound is reached. 1962 A. Nisbett Technique Sound Studio viii. 139 The reproducer may take as much as a second or so to run up... Check this run-up time by using a recording of pure tone. 2001 T. P. Turner Instrument Flying Handbk. 257 The pilots of those big jets will certainly get upset if you come to a full stop and block the traffic for an engine run-up. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1834
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