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"Terms with Russian translations"
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "run ups",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "run up (plural run ups)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "run up against"
},
{
"word": "run up on"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "run-up"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of run-up"
],
"links": [
[
"run-up",
"run-up#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "en-au-run up.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/14/En-au-run_up.ogg/En-au-run_up.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/En-au-run_up.ogg"
}
],
"word": "run up"
}
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