run up

verb

1. to amass or accumulate; incur

   to run up debts

2. to make by sewing together quickly

   to run up a dress

3. to hoist

   to run up a flag

noun

1. an approach run by an athlete for a long jump, pole vault, etc
2. a preliminary or preparatory period

   the run-up to the election

Example Sentences

But quite unlike the schmuck, and this is the fun part, they never run up the white flag; indeed quite the opposite.

From The Daily Beast

Put this 65-pound backpack on and run up the hill nine or ten times.'

From The Daily Beast

For inmates located outside the Los Angeles area, a wedding with Bensoussan can run up to $2,000 or $3,000.

From The Daily Beast

Many of those gathering in the run-up to the grand jury decision wore hockey and tear gas masks to conceal their identity.

From The Daily Beast

In the run-up to Tuesday, the national media groaned with opinion columns expressing our love-hate relationship with voting.

From The Daily Beast

At that Farmer Green's cat began to run up and down between the rows of vegetables.

From Project Gutenberg

There won't be a day, inside or out of it, that I won't run up against every damnable meanness that human nature is capable of.

From Project Gutenberg

The stately building had been run up in a night, its feet set in sand, and the wonder was it was not lying across the avenue.

From Project Gutenberg

The committee decided to run up signal to shorten course and conclude at the first round.

From Project Gutenberg

As they went they saw the flames catch the rigging and run up the masts of the doomed frigate.

From Project Gutenberg

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