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. Virgin Australia:

   These ducts run up the side of the fuselage to overhead vents, in the space where a window of seat 9A would normally be, to then deliver air conditioning throughout the cabin via overhead vents.

2. Casey Daggert:

   I ’m gon na miss her snuggles. [ She ] just had to be with me all the time and I miss that, i loved her laugh and the way she always wanted to talk to people and say' hello' to people. She was so outgoing and would run up to people and give them big hugs. It was who she was in spirit. She was a giant ball of happiness.

3. Brad Pitt:

   This is what happens when you try to run up steps in the dark, with your arms full, wearing flip-flops, turns out if you then try to stop your forward momentum with your face, the result is a road rash.

4. Dorothy L. Sayers:

   The English language has a deceptive air of simplicity so have some little frocks but they are both not the kind of thing you can run up in half an hour with a machine.

5. 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.