run-up
Noun
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Noun
run-up (plural run-ups)
- (cricket) The approach run of a bowler before delivering the ball
- The approach run of a high jumper or other athlete in order to gather speed or momentum
- (British) A period of time just before an important event.
- The candidates were very nervous in the run-up to the election.
- An increase in the value or amount of something
- Economists expect a run-up of long-term interest rates.
- German: Vorfeld
- German: Anstieg
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