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run-up Definition

run-up (run′up′)

noun

  1. Chiefly Brit. a preparatory period preceding an important event
  2. ☆ a substantial, often rapid, increase in cost, price, value, etc.

run-up Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • take: Roberto Carlos ( Brazil ) Ronaldinho's countryman favors power over finesse, taking 20-yard run-ups to blast the ball as hard as possible.
  • have: I suppose like most kids growing up, I thought you had to have a huge run-up to bowl quick.
  • enjoy: I remembered recently how little I enjoyed the run-up to Christmas last year, and the constant drinking that December seems to mean.
  • get: Rover gets a slightly longer run-up accompanied by the asthmatic heavy breathing sound effect.
  • make: Father Christmas Wooden Advent £ 29.99 These Wooden Advent Calendars make the run-up to Christmas even more special.

Preposition: in

  • price: Their purchases appear to have exacerbated the recent run-up in crude prices.

Adjective modifier

  • immediate: In the first place the timing of the Inquiry meant that evidence was to be taken in the immediate run-up to Christmas.
  • long: Wishing you all the best in the long run-up to Christmas.
  • good: These in four successive issues were a good run-up to the event itself.
  • hectic: Michael Smith Sunday 27/11/05 @ 04:59 pm Holidays are coming... December is fast approaching, and with it the hectic run-up to Christmas.
  • busy: They make an unusual and eye-catching display and are perfect for stocking in the busy run-up to Christmas.
  • strong: Something was needed to give a strong run-up to the commercial break.

Modifies a noun

  • speed: A wide range of run-up speeds was obtained using direct intervention to set the length of the athlete's run-up.
  • check: REFERENCES: TM 55-1520-248-10 TM 55-1520-248-MTF TASK 2806 TASK: Perform engine run-up pilot checks.

Noun used with modifier

  • wave: Maximum wave run-up is reported at 104 feet above normal tidal levels.
  • election: Three telephonists had been paid to complete the work in the election run-up.
  • tsunami: Tsunami wave run-up was as high as 170 feet above normal tidal levels.
  • engine: The two Shackletons have their engines run-up from time to time.
  • stock: First question: Was the stock market run-up to early 2000 a bubble?
  • month: Clearly it is helpful to establish contact during the six month run-up to the scholarship interview.