runup
[ruhn-uhp]
- the testing of an airplane engine by accelerating the motor.
- an advance in prices, as in the stock market.
- Sports.
- the running up to the jump line by a broad jumper.
- the running up of the ball in soccer or polo toward the goal.
- the running up of a golf ball toward the putting green.
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Origin of runup
First recorded in 1825–35; noun use of verb phrase run up
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Contemporary Examples
The piece was part of the runup to the annual Clinton Global Initiative.
