"run up the score" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: runs up the score [present, singular, third-person], running up the score [participle, present], ran up the score [past], run up the score [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|run<,,ran,run> up the score}} run up the score (third-person singular simple present runs up the score, present participle running up the score, simple past ran up the score, past participle run up the score)
  1. To engage in the practice – usually by coaching decision – of scoring more points than needed in a one-sided contest. Wikipedia link: running up the score
    Sense id: en-run_up_the_score-en-verb-I-pmpW8x Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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