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Synonyms for run-up


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ruhn
Phonetic Transcription : rʌn

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Définition of run-up

Origin :
  • 1834, "an act of running upward," from verbal phrase, from run (v.) + up (adv.). Extended sense "period of time or sequence of events proceeding some important event" is from 1966.
  • As in curtain raiser : noun short preliminary event
Example sentences :
  • Now was the time he had judged the throat vane gyros should begin their run-up.
  • Extract from : « Far from Home » by J.A. Taylor
  • Before there was time to think or dream, I landed very beautifully upon a ridge of run-up snow in a quiet corner.
  • Extract from : « Lorna Doone » by R. D. Blackmore
  • The back of a book with a fillet from head to tail not mitred at the bands is said to be run-up.
  • Extract from : « Library Bookbinding » by Arthur Low Bailey

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