noun (BrE)
1 (also less frequent run in) ~ (to sth) a period of time leading up to an important event; the preparation for this:
an increase in spending in the run-up to Christmas * during the run-up to the election
2 the act of running or the distance you run, to gain speed before you jump a long distance, throw a ball, etc:
The bowler started his run-up.
Rate this entry
About this entry
This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for run-up is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does run-up appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — run-up appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
What is Lughet?
Lughet is a free trilingual dictionary covering nearly five million entries across Uyghur, Chinese, and English, drawn from more than ten source dictionaries and corpora.
