Overview of noun run-up

The 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")


• run-up -- (the approach run during which an athlete gathers speed)

Overview of verb run-up

The verb run up has 5 senses

• run up -- (pile up (debts or scores))


• hoist, run up -- (raise; "hoist the flags"; "hoist a sail")


• sew, run up, sew together, stitch -- (fasten by sewing; do needlework)


• chalk up, run up -- (accumulate as a debt; "he chalked up $100 in the course of the evening")


• run up -- (make by sewing together quickly; "run up a skirt")