Synonyms for run up
run up

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1. runup, run-upnoun

   a substantial increase over a relatively short period of time

   "a runup in interest rates"; "market runups are followed by corrections"

   Synonyms:
   runup, run-up

2. run-upverb

   the approach run during which an athlete gathers speed

   Synonyms:
   runup

3. run upverb

   pile up (debts or scores)

   Synonyms:
   chalk up, stitch, sew together, sew, hoist

4. hoist, run upverb

   raise

   "hoist the flags"; "hoist a sail"

   Synonyms:
   sew, chalk up, hoist, wind, lift, stitch, sew together

5. sew, run up, sew together, stitchverb

   fasten by sewing; do needlework

   Synonyms:
   tailor-make, sew, sew together, hoist, stitch, chalk up, tailor

6. chalk up, run upverb

   accumulate as a debt

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

   Synonyms:
   stitch, sew, sew together, chalk up, tally, hoist

7. run upverb

   make by sewing together quickly

   "run up a skirt"

   Synonyms:
   chalk up, stitch, sew together, sew, hoist

Matched Categories

1. • Accumulate
   • Fasten
   • Owe
   • Raise
   • Sew

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1. run up

   Synonyms:
   grow, swell, increase, rise

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1. Jessica Sisto:

   I keep thinking about some of the incidents that happened in the run up to the election with Donald Trump and some of the footage, and just some of the appalling, appalling ways that we have evidence that he treats women.

2. Spencer Jacob:

   Another car came down and just flew into the back of the ambulance. That blocked up two lanes and then another 18-wheeler came and just slammed into that car, thats when we were like this is bad, and we need to get out of the car. Our doors were pressed against the snow so we had to get out of the windows and run up onto the snowbank and we were just watching.

3. Gaurang Shah:

   Looking at yesterday and today's recovery from the lows, my sense is that we are somewhere close to the bottom, my advice would be to avoid the small and mid-cap stocks right now because their valuations have run up to a great extent.

4. Stephanie Murphy:

   We're triangulating basically from a lot of different angles and we are getting a fulsome picture of what happened in the run-up to and on the day of January 6.

5. Rhona Smith:

   All laws must be applied equally ... to all political parties and their members to ensure protection of the democratic space in the run up to elections, the political situation, which includes renewed threats, judicial proceedings and even physical beating of members of the opposition, is a worry.