How to pronounce “run-up”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (cricket) The approach run of a bowler before delivering the ball.
• The approach run of a high jumper or other athlete in order to gather speed or momentum.
• A period of time just before an important event.
• An increase in the value or amount of something.
• (oceanography) The extent of a wave's reach onto land as the result of a tsunami or storm such as a cyclone.
• (aviation, transitive) The process of warming up and testing an airplane before a flight.

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