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run riot |
run roughshod |
run short |
run the gauntlet |
run through |
run up
| run wild
| run-around
| run-down
| run-in
| run-of-the-mill
run up
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb run up has 5 senses
- run up(v = verb.change) Array - pile up (debts or scores); Array is one way to accumulate, amass, collect, compile, hoard, pile up, roll up
- run up(v = verb.contact) hoist - raise; "hoist the flags"; "hoist a sail" is one way to bring up, elevate, get up, lift, raise
- run up(v = verb.contact) sew, sew together, stitch - fasten by sewing; do needlework; Array is one way to fasten, fix, secure
- run up(v = verb.possession) chalk up - accumulate as a debt; "he chalked up $100 in the course of the evening" is one way to owe
- run up(v = verb.creation) Array - make by sewing together quickly; "run up a skirt" is one way to sew, tailor, tailor-make
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Somebody ----s something
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Somebody ----s something
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They run up the cape
ROGET THESAURUS
run up
Increase
VB increase, augment, add to, enlarge, dilate, grow, wax, get ahead, gain strength, advance, run up, shoot up, rise, ascend, sprout, aggrandize, raise, exalt, deepen, heighten, strengthen, intensify, enhance, magnify, redouble, aggravate, exaggerate, exasperate, exacerbate, add fuel to the flame, oleum addere camino, superadd, spread.Price
VB bear a price, set a price, fix a price, appraise, assess, doom, price, charge, demand, ask, require, exact, run up, distrain, run up a bill, have one's price, liquidate, amount to, come to, mount up to, stand one in, fetch, sell for, cost, bring in, yield, afford.Production
VB produce, perform, operate, do, make, gar, form, construct, fabricate, frame, contrive, manufacture, weave, forge, coin, carve, chisel, build, raise, edify, rear, erect, put together, set up, run up, establish, constitute, compose, organize, institute, achieve, accomplish, flower, bear fruit, fructify, teem, ean, yean, farrow, drop, pup, kitten, kindle, bear, lay, whelp, bring forth, give birth to, lie in, be brought to bed of, evolve, pullulate, usher into the world, make productive, create, beget, get, generate, fecundate, impregnate, procreate, progenerate, propagate, engender, bring into being, call into being, bring into existence, breed, hatch, develop, bring up, induce, superinduce, suscitate, cause, acquire.
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