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run-up
run-up or run·up (rŭn′ŭp′)n.1. An often sudden increase: a run-up in interest rates; a run-up in food prices; a run-up in house values.2. The period of time that leads up an event or occurrence: the run-up to the championship games.ThesaurusNoun | 1. | run-up - a substantial increase over a relatively short period of time; "a runup in interest rates"; "market runups are followed by corrections"runupincrease - a change resulting in an increase; "the increase is scheduled for next month" | | 2. | run-up - the approach run during which an athlete gathers speedbowling - the playing of a game of tenpins or duckpins etccoming, approach, approaching - the act of drawing spatially closer to something; "the hunter's approach scattered the geese"broad jump, long jump - a competition that involves jumping as far as possible from a running startpole jump, pole jumping, pole vault, pole vaulting - a competition that involves jumping over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole | Translations
run-up
run up1. verb To hoist or raise something, especially a flag. A noun or pronoun can be used between "run" and "up." Make sure the flag does not touch the ground as you run it up in the mornings.2. verb To accumulate a large bill or debt that one is obliged to pay. We ran up a huge bill staying in that luxury resort in Las Vegas, but Jake insisted on paying for it. Apparently, he ran up a lot of credit card debts that he couldn't pay off, so he slipped across the border to Canada.3. verb To cause the value of something to increase. A noun or pronoun can be used between "run" and "up." News of the company doubling production of their very popular tablet device has run their shares up to record highs.4. verb To run and stop in front of someone or something. I just saw the neighbor kid run up and ring our doorbell. She ran up to me and gave me a huge hug.5. verb In sports, to continue adding to one's score despite an assured victory due to a large lead, a practice considered poor sportsmanship. They're already ahead by 30, and now they're just running up the score.6. noun An increase, perhaps a rapid or sudden one. Experts are attributing the run-up in price to a sudden surge in demand.7. noun The period of time before an event or occurrence. There was no shortage of predictions in the run-up to the election.See also: run, uprun-up n. a movement upward in the value of one or more securities. (Securities markets.) The market’s had a good run-up in the past week. run-up
run-up an approach run by an athlete for a long jump, pole vault, etc. run-up[′rən‚əp] (geology) swash run-upi. To accelerate an engine under its own power for the purpose of testing the engine and its systems. ii. To test an engine piston, briefly at high-power, and to check the dual ignition before takeoff. iii. The stage of flight during which aerial supplies or parachutists are dropped.AcronymsSeeR/Urun-up Related to run-up: severity, zek, roll-out, Restrictions, co-optingSynonyms for run-upnoun a substantial increase over a relatively short period of timeSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun the approach run during which an athlete gathers speedRelated Words- bowling
- coming
- approach
- approaching
- broad jump
- long jump
- pole jump
- pole jumping
- pole vault
- pole vaulting
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