Synonym: chalk up, hoist, sew, sew together, stitch. Similar words: run upon, run up against, unused, lunula, eunuch, jejunum, unusual, unusually. Meaning: v. 1. pile up (debts or scores) 2. raise 3. fasten by sewing; do needlework 4. accumulate as a debt 5. make by sewing together quickly run-up. n. 1. a substantial increase over a relatively short period of time 2. the approach run during which an athlete gathers speed.
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1. He had run up credit card debts of thousands of dollars.
2. The white flag was run up;the post had surrendered.
3. We run up our national flag every morning.
4. She can run up a dress in an evening.
5. She's going to run up to Shanghai.
6. They've run up a British flag on the roof.
7. I've run up debts totaling more than ￡1,000.
8. You'll run up a huge gas bill if you leave the heater on.
9. The community centre scheme has run up against strong local opposition.
10. The company has run up a deficit of ￡30 000.
11. The prices of fruit generally run up during the winter months.
12. How had he managed to run up so many debts?
13. When he had run up the hill, he paused for a minute to rest.
14. We had to run up the stairs while the Sergeant timed us.
15. The museum has run up against opposition to its proposals.
16. Nicky has run up a unilateral declaration of independence.
17. The Treasury had run up a huge deficit.
18. Julie again felt a shiver run up her spine.
19. I never run up against anything like this.
20. But here we run up against the difficulty that this formulation appears to derive a prescriptive conclusion from two factual premisses.
21. Though movie stars and corporate moguls have run up prices in beach-front resorts recently(sentencedict.com), expect prices overall to stabilize.
22. Model customers run up bills and pay in installments, with the high interest that makes the business so lucrative.
23. Having run up a debt of over ￡100,000, they're unlikely to be forgotten by Virgin Records in a hurry.
24. Run up two dozen stairs or more without being breathless at the top.
25. If you try to change the name of the school you will run up against a lot of opposition.
26. Band members sing spontaneous and insulting ditties, needling the girls as they run up the court or in-bound the ball.
27. Oh, I wished I still had even my scorpion on a string to run up and down somebody's back!
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28. But it is unlikely to happen at the hustings or in the run up to the election.
29. In such cases, it is customary for the Crown to bear all reasonable costs run up by defendants.
30. Top-flight gymnasts practice eight hours a day for decades. Distance runners run up to 200 miles a week.
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