Definition of "run up" in İngilizce

Verb

To run (towards someone or something); to hasten to a destination.
- As I was walking along the road, a man suddenly ran up to me.
- The dog ran up under the table to get his food.
To approach (an event or point in time).
- We are putting on lots of special attractions as we run up to Christmas.
To take to a destination or before an authority.
To erect hastily, as a building.
To make something, usually an item of clothing, very quickly.
- I'll run you up a skirt for tomorrow evening.
To bring (a flag) to the top of its flag pole.
- Stand quietly while the honor guard runs the flag up.
To string up; to hang.
Of a bowler, to run, or walk up to the bowling crease in order to bowl a ball.
- He runs up... and bowls. Smashed away for four runs!
To rise; to swell; to grow; to increase.
- Accounts of goods credited run up very fast.
To accumulate (a debt).
- He ran up over $5,000 in unpaid bills.
To thrust up, as anything long and slender.
- The fence runs up along the edge of the pasture.
To warm up and test an airplane before a flight.
To accumulate money, drugs, etc.
- I run me up some big bills.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run,‎ up.
- The small boy ran up the hill.

Noun