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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31. The minute he was out of their sight, he began to run up the hill.
32. I realised how unfit I was when I tried to run up the stairs.
33. The police say they acted after hearing reports of drug dealing in the run up to a warehouse party.
34. Cohen, 55, has run up a voting record that hewed toward the center of most of the major interest-group indexes.
35. I used to wear just shorts and shirt in the bush and needed to get a linen suit run up for tonight.
36. If they start to see prices run up, they might throw in the towel.
37. The stock market's recent steady performance in the run up to the water issue has helped ensure the success of the flotation.
38. Labour supporters must be in despair at not being able to race away from the Tories in the run up to the election.
39. When scientists attempt to unravel the mysteries of the past they always run up against a brick wall.
40. He could smoke ciggies again and not run up the hill from Tuckers every day to improve his weakly lung-power.
41. Guns were run up close to the parapet, and double charges of canister played their part in the bloody work.
42. She did not feel the hair on her neck tingle or goose flesh run up her arms.
43. The first band of earnings attracting this contribution should run up to what is now called the lower earnings limit.
44. Ragged children run up to approaching cars with delight because motorized vehicles are a rare sight.
45. She felt a shiver run up her spine as she closed the door behind her.
46. Time and time again they have run up against unsurmountable problems of distributing and getting the drugs accepted.
47. The banks or organisations that issue them guarantee payment of bills run up by the credit card holder up to a certain limit.
48. In just two days, she'd run up a bar tab of $175.
49. People who run up big debts eventually have to face the consequences.
50. Without the enormous costs run up by the Royal Navy vessel, the Yard would have made profits of ￡6.5m.
51. Drugs raid ... police seize ecstacy tablets in run up to warehouse party.
52. He has three seamstresses on tour with him to run up new outfits.
53. They continue to run up bills and never build equity in their house.
54. The army's bomb disposal experts say the lesson is simple ... report anything suspicious, especially in the run up to Christmas.
55. Whatever plan he dreams up is bound to run up against the ambitions and obstinacy of a lot of powerful colleagues.
56. Despite its size, the buffalo is a very fast animal and can run up to thirty-five miles per hour.
57. Run up a circus tent.
58. I have run up these figures.
59. If you run up and get a cramp: hm.
60. The hotel bill might run up to ￡500.
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