Antonyms for run uprun up

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1. runup, run-upnoun

   a substantial increase over a relatively short period of time

   "a runup in interest rates"; "market runups are followed by corrections"

   Synonyms:
   runup, run-up

2. run-upverb

   the approach run during which an athlete gathers speed

   Synonyms:
   runup

3. run upverb

   pile up (debts or scores)

   Synonyms:
   chalk up, stitch, sew together, sew, hoist

4. hoist, run upverb

   raise

   "hoist the flags"; "hoist a sail"

   Synonyms:
   sew, chalk up, hoist, wind, lift, stitch, sew together

5. sew, run up, sew together, stitchverb

   fasten by sewing; do needlework

   Synonyms:
   tailor-make, sew, sew together, hoist, stitch, chalk up, tailor

6. chalk up, run upverb

   accumulate as a debt

   "he chalked up $100 in the course of the evening"

   Synonyms:
   stitch, sew, sew together, chalk up, tally, hoist

7. run upverb

   make by sewing together quickly

   "run up a skirt"

   Synonyms:
   chalk up, stitch, sew together, sew, hoist

How to use run up in a sentence?

1. Brian Smoluch:

   Given the run-up recently, there seems to be a decent amount of complacency about problems that haven't changed much in the last six months.

2. Samrat Dasgupta:

   The stock (Reliance Industries) had run up quite a bit and this correction was warranted for sometime.

3. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin:

   The point I made specially is the necessity of providing security in the run-up to the future elections. Security first. Without security we can't deliver on anything further.

4. John McCain:

   But I have to tell you ... the power of this maritime lobby is as powerful as anybody or any organization I have run up against in my political career. All I can do is appeal to the patron saint of lost causes and keep pressing and pressing and sooner or later you have to succeed.

5. Terry Torrison:

   We've had a great run-up in the last few weeks and we're now just starting to pause for a bit on the markets, i don't think Draghi will say much apart from his usual dovish rhetoric, and I think markets could drift back down after the ECB today.

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