run up
Speech parts
1. run up - Noun
2. run up - Verb
Meaning
accumulate as a debt
raise
pile up (debts or scores)
fasten by sewing; do needlework
make by sewing together quickly
the approach run during which an athlete gathers speed
a substantial increase over a relatively short period of time
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run-up
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Examples
he chalked up $100 in the course of the evening
hoist the flags
hoist a sail
run up a skirt
a runup in interest rates
market runups are followed by corrections