run-up

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run-up definition


  1. n.
    a movement upward in the value of one or more securities. (Securities markets.) : The market's had a good run-up in the past week.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Run-up is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
WordNet
run-up

noun
1. a substantial increase over a relatively short period of time; "a runup in interest rates"; "market runups are followed by corrections" [syn: runup
2. the approach run during which an athlete gathers speed 
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