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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"
--1 is a kind of increase
- run-up - the approach run during which an athlete gathers speed
--2 is a kind of approach, approaching, coming
--2 is a part of
Verb run-up has 5 senses
- run up - as of debts or scores
--1 is one way to roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- hoist, run up - raise; "hoist the flags"; "hoist a sail"
--2 is one way to raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- sew, run up, sew together, stitch - fasten by sewing; do needlework
--3 is one way to fasten, fix, secure
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
- chalk up, run up - accumulate as a debt; "he chalked up $100 in the course of the evening"
--4 is one way to owe
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- run up - make by sewing together quickly; "run up a skirt"
--5 is one way to sew, tailor, tailor-make
Sample sentence:
They run up the cape
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