Meaning of run-up | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The approach run of a bowler before delivering the ball.
   countable, uncountable
2. The approach run of a high jumper or other athlete in order to gather speed or momentum.
   countable, uncountable
3. A period of time just before an important event.
   countable, uncountable
4. An increase in the value or amount of something.
   countable, uncountable
5. The extent of a wave's reach onto land as the result of a tsunami or storm such as a cyclone.
   countable, uncountable
6. The process of warming up and testing an airplane before a flight.
   countable, transitive, uncountable

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Examples

“Jasprit Bumrah has the most unique run-up in the history of cricket.”

“But he still saw⟳ his side produce⟳ a rousing display which owed much to their lauded prowess from set-pieces, despite Uefa regulations meaning the pitch had to be widened and, in the process⟳, the run-up area for Delap's long throws reduced.”

“The candidates were very nervous in the run-up to the election.”

“Politicians on TikTok will no longer be able to use⟳ the app tipping tools, nor access advertising features on the social network, as the company tightens its policies around political issues in the run-up to the US midterm elections in six weeks’ time.”

“Further trials and commissioning of the newly laid track will take⟳ place⟳ in the run-up to the launch⟳ of passenger services in June.”

“Economists expect⟳ a run-up of long-term interest⟳ rates.”

“A Price Run-Up for Run-Down Communes [title]”

“I found sand pushed all the way to the edge of my home by the run-up of Wednesday's tsunami.”

“Historical records of tsunamis in this region are available for the last⟳ 400 years, and the run-up heights of historical tsunamis at Koyadori were estimated and measured"”

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