run-up
Meanings
- a substantial increase over a relatively short period of time;
- "a runup in interest rates"
- "market runups are followed by corrections"
- the approach run during which an athlete gathers speed
- pile up (debts or scores)
- raise;
- "hoist the flags"
- "hoist a sail"
- fasten by sewing; do needlework
- accumulate as a debt;
- "he chalked up $100 in the course of the evening"
- make by sewing together quickly;
- "run up a skirt"