RUN UP


Meaning of RUN UP in English

1.

If someone runs up bills or debts, they acquire them by buying a lot of things or borrowing money.

He ran up a ?1,400 bill at the Britannia Adelphi Hotel...

PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron)

2.

see also run-up

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