running up
Sprinting toward higher
Running up combines upward movement with accumulation.
You can run up stairs or run up a hill.
More often, running up means rapidly increasing a total: running up a tab, running up debt, running up the score.
To run up against something is to encounter an obstacle: We ran up against budget constraints.
Running something up a flagpole means testing an idea to see how others react.
- compoundingElements merging progressively
- accumulatingGathering in increasing quantity
- hillLow natural elevation
- ascendingMoving upward
- climbingAscending by physical effort
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running uppaying off
Producing desired results
settling · clearing · reducing · eliminating · discharging
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