"run up" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-run up.ogg [Australia] Forms: run ups [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} run up (plural run ups)
  1. Alternative form of run-up Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: run-up Related terms: run up against, run up on
    Sense id: en-run_up-en-noun-3MYP3b0g

Verb

Audio: en-au-run up.ogg [Australia] Forms: runs up [present, singular, third-person], running up [participle, present], ran up [past], run up [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|run<,,ran,run> up}} run up (third-person singular simple present runs up, present participle running up, simple past ran up, past participle run up)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, up.
    Sense id: en-run_up-en-verb-6WHr96kc
  2. To run (towards someone or something); to hasten to a destination.
    Sense id: en-run_up-en-verb-zLMAMBJZ
  3. (with to) To approach (an event or point in time).
    Sense id: en-run_up-en-verb-VKFUDtQG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 1 1 35 1 2 18 16 1 15 1 1 2 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 7 3 2 25 3 4 14 12 7 12 3 2 5
  4. (transitive) To take to a destination or before an authority. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-run_up-en-verb-HknfJDQe
  5. To erect hastily, as a building. Translations (to erect hastily): hochziehen (German)
    Sense id: en-run_up-en-verb-ico~xEAn Disambiguation of 'to erect hastily': 2 2 1 3 69 7 2 4 5 3 2 2
  6. (idiomatic, transitive) To make something, usually an item of clothing, very quickly. Tags: idiomatic, transitive
    Sense id: en-run_up-en-verb-FhkOOET~
  7. (idiomatic, transitive) To bring (a flag) to the top of its flag pole. Tags: idiomatic, transitive
    Sense id: en-run_up-en-verb-tbWNCEDs
  8. (transitive) To string up; to hang. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-run_up-en-verb-JFSsRxvS
  9. (cricket) Of a bowler, to run, or walk up to the bowling crease in order to bowl a ball. Categories (topical): Cricket
    Sense id: en-run_up-en-verb-8FJHiZ-- Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  10. (intransitive, transitive) To rise; to swell; to grow; to increase. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-run_up-en-verb-r22RMp8B
  11. (idiomatic) To accumulate (a debt). Tags: idiomatic Translations (to accumulate): anhäufen (German), задолжать (zadolžatʹ) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-run_up-en-verb-i3UH8lDJ Disambiguation of 'to accumulate': 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 4 1 10 76 1
  12. To thrust up, as anything long and slender.
    Sense id: en-run_up-en-verb-sLCM-DtT

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for run up meaning in English (6.7kB)

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (up)",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "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",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "run up"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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