run up
Example Sentences
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Duane ran up the rickety stairway and down the long corridor.
From Literature
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Hadel fixed her crooked gaze on me until a chill ran up my neck and through my bones.
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“I’m not prepared for one to run up in my face in response to a positive headline.”
What he had run up against was a deep-rooted system of patronage controlled by a single family.
From BBC
Rapid uphill sprinting with skis on, lung-busting runs up steps with boots on and a downhill ski race to the finish line.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.