1
: the act of running up something
2
: a usually sudden increase in volume or price
3
: a period immediately preceding an action or event
ran up; run up; running up; runs up
: to grow rapidly : shoot up
1
: bid up
2
: to stitch together quickly
3
: to erect hastily
4
: to achieve by accumulating
ran up a big lead
Examples of run-up in a Sentence
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Max Zahn, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2024
The stock run-up heading into the meeting has Giuseppe Sette, co-founder and president at Toggle AI, worried that valuations are too lofty.
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 13 Sep. 2024
Sandra Salibian, WWD, 10 Sep. 2024
The track with lead vocals from American jazz singer Lani Hall, appeared on the platinum-selling Herb Alpert Presents Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66 and ran up to No. 47 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, helping cement its status as one of Mendes’ most beloved songs.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 6 Sep. 2024
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Noun
The topsy-turvy response owes in part to a run-up in stock prices that preceded the rate cut, experts said.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2024
The stock run-up heading into the meeting has Giuseppe Sette, co-founder and president at Toggle AI, worried that valuations are too lofty.
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 13 Sep. 2024
Verb
Retail prices on Azza Fahmy’s e-store start at around 230 euros for silver rings and run up to 17,820 euros for the Haneya gold necklace with precious stones likes diamonds and emeralds.
—Sandra Salibian, WWD, 10 Sep. 2024
The track with lead vocals from American jazz singer Lani Hall, appeared on the platinum-selling Herb Alpert Presents Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66 and ran up to No. 47 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, helping cement its status as one of Mendes’ most beloved songs.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 6 Sep. 2024
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“Run-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/run-up. Accessed 28 Sep. 2024.
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