Examples of 'run up' in a sentence

Meaning of "run up"

To run up means to accumulate or incur a large amount of something, often related to expenses or debts. This phrase is used to describe the act of increasing or adding up a particular thing, such as running up a bill or running up a debt
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  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, up.
  • To run (towards someone or something); to hasten to a destination.
  • To approach (an event or point in time).
  • To take to a destination or before an authority.

How to use "run up" in a sentence

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Dead men do not run up credit cards.
Run up the steps at your own pace.
You made us run up ten flights of stairs.
Run up to the house and start a fire.
She saw them run up to that church.
Run up the wall and backflip off.
I found out he would run up debt in my name.
You run up and get the brush.
They could have run up a white flag.
I run up against accidents all the time.
Boone pushed the run up a couple of hours.
Run up and amuse bill for a while.
How long run up you will take.
Run up ramp and through sewage pipe.
I can just run up and bring it down.

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Run up the beach as fast as you can.
I am expecting to run up a formidable bar bill tonight.
Run up refers to ascending and also to manufacturing.
Altena will run up some music for us.
Run up in your face with the savages.
Long dry run up from the south.
Run up to you and rush back again.
You will run up your late fees.
Run up the jibs get touched in a hurry.
I used to want to run up the walk to lunch.
I will not use it here in the run up.
Take a run up there after gun practice.
She could have easily run up here.
I got to run up there and pick up my son.
I will allow you to run up my gas bill.
They run up and down the aisles.
Erin with her run up for vault.
Do you know that you have run up.
He would run up a big tab to some gamblers.
So now both my bills are being run up over there.
I will run up and scrape off a piece.
Then he turns and run up them stairs.
Take a run up there after gun practise.
Let us take a little run up to the house.
So they run up that danged white rag.
All requests have to be run up the ladder.
Let us go run up a huge bar tab somewhere.
How badly do you want to run up there.
I will run up and get the horse.
You probably want to run up and change.
Now you run up home to your mother.
Of what kind of people you are going to run up against.
Before run up check the glider position.
Take these bags and run up to my room.
Chills run up and down your spine.

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