Definition of "run up"

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run,‎ up.  examples

To run (towards someone or something); to hasten to a destination.  examples

(with to) To approach (an event or point in time).  examples

(transitive) To take to a destination or before an authority.  quotations  examples

To erect hastily, as a building.  examples

(idiomatic, transitive) To make something, usually an item of clothing, very quickly.  examples

(idiomatic, transitive) To bring (a flag) to the top of its flag pole.  examples

(transitive) To string up; to hang.  examples

(cricket) Of a bowler, to run, or walk up to the bowling crease in order to bowl a ball.  examples

(intransitive, transitive) To rise; to swell; to grow; to increase.  quotations  examples

(idiomatic) To accumulate (a debt).  examples

To thrust up, as anything long and slender.  examples

Alternative form of run-up  examples