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

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, run up, sew, hoist

4. hoist, run upverb

   raise

   "hoist the flags"; "hoist a sail"

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

5. sew, run up, sew together, stitchverb

   fasten by sewing; do needlework

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

7. run upverb

   make by sewing together quickly

   "run up a skirt"

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "run-up":

   lead-up, eve, preparation, prelude

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1. Gaurang Shah:

   Some consolidation is the need of the hour given the kind of run-up we had already seen, next week trigger will be in the form of a rate cut, if it comes through.

2. Jonathan Barratt:

   It's hard to trade with the current volatility in oil prices, we've run up from $44 a barrel on economic growth and outages. Are we now at the top end? Does that mean at $49-$50 a barrel we'll get U.S. oil shale production starting up?

3. Salah Shamma:

   The expected increase in foreign flows will be extremely supportive of the investment environment, especially in the run up to an expected IPO of Saudi Aramco.

4. Steven Kaplan:

   Leveraged buyouts were already challenging because of a run-up in equity valuations and regulatory curbs on leverage, so the recent volatility makes it even more difficult for private equity to put money to work.

5. Sheldon Whitehouse:

   You were the chairman of the Republican Attorney General's Association and the Rule of Law Defense Fund in the run-up to the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol, rule of Law Defense Fund sent robocalls urging recipients to march to the Capitol on Jan. 6. Were you personally present in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6?