run up
[verb]
Synonyms: increase, augment, build, enlarge, expand, mount, multiply, rise, snowball, wax, throw up, jerry-build

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run up something phrasal verb (see also run)

1. run up a debt/bill etc to use so much of something, or borrow so much money, that you owe a lot of money:
She ran up an enormous phone bill.

2. to achieve a particular score or position in a game or competition:
He quickly ran up a big lead in the polls.

3. run something ↔ up to make something, especially clothes, very quickly:
She can run up a dress in an evening.

4. run something ↔ up to raise a flag on a pole

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ˈrun-up noun

1. the run-up to something the period of time just before an important event:
in the run-up to the election

2. [countable] the act of running, or the distance that you run, before you kick a ball, jump over a pole etc

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run up
run up (something)
to cause something to reach a high level or large amount.
Carol ran up a huge phone bill last month, calling the UK and Mexico.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

run up something
run up (something)
to cause something to reach a high level or large amount.
Carol ran up a huge phone bill last month, calling the UK and Mexico.

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run up
1. • run up
to add to the amount of something
We ran up a large bill at the department store before we went home.

2. • run up (something)
to pull something up on a rope
We ran up the flag early this morning before the parade began.

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run up something
• run up (something)
to pull something up on a rope
We ran up the flag early this morning before the parade began.

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run up
v. phr.
1. To add to the amount of; increase.
Karl ran up a big bill at the bookstore.
2. To put together or make hastily; sew quickly together.
Jill ran up a costume for the party on her sewing machine.
3. To pull (something) upward on a rope; put (something) up quickly.
The pirates ran up the black flag.

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