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Run up Common

Run up has 7 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

the action of running up; the area of the pitch used by the bowler to run up, the start of which he marks with a small marker

Verb
1

pile up (debts or scores)

2

raise

"hoist the flags"

"hoist a sail"

3

fasten by sewing; do needlework

4

accumulate as a debt

"he chalked up $100 in the course of the evening"

5

make by sewing together quickly

"run up a skirt"

6

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run,‎ up.

Example Sentences
"hoist the flags" verb
"hoist a sail" verb
"he chalked up $100 in the course of the evening" verb
"run up a skirt" verb
See Also
approach make bowler debt delivering run ups quickly ball
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
roll up raise fasten owe sew
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
hem resew overcast backstitch gather finedraw fell baste hemstitch tick cast on cast off
Rhyming Words
2 up 7 up 1 up on up go up ey up re up do up tug up tee up bid up bag up end up eye up fog up fed up ton up rig up man up ice up
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