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
Recent Examples on the Web
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
Brian Stelter, CNN, 1 Oct. 2024
The plans run up to $65 per month (or $49 per month, billed annually) for the Commerce plan, a tier that includes invoicing, the ability to sell subscriptions, and real-time shipping integration.
—PCMAG, 28 Sep. 2024
See all Example Sentences for run-up 
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
Smaller news organizations have run up against subscription fatigue and other sources of resistance – a reflection of the fact that virtually all news coverage was published for free when the World Wide Web was popularized in the 1990s.
—Brian Stelter, CNN, 1 Oct. 2024
The plans run up to $65 per month (or $49 per month, billed annually) for the Commerce plan, a tier that includes invoicing, the ability to sell subscriptions, and real-time shipping integration.
—PCMAG, 28 Sep. 2024
See all Example Sentences for run-up
These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'run-up.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Dictionary Entries Near run-up
Cite this Entry
“Run-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/run-up. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share