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run up
verb as in add
verb as in charge
verb as in enrich
verb as in erect
Strong matches
verb as in jack
verb as in magnify
verb as in raise
Strong matches
verb as in raise
verb as in snowball
Strong matches
- advance
- aggrandize
- aggravate
- amplify
- annex
- augment
- boost
- broaden
- build
- burgeon
- deepen
- develop
- dilate
- distend
- double
- enhance
- enlarge
- exaggerate
- expand
- extend
- further
- grow
- inflate
- lengthen
- magnify
- mount
- pad
- progress
- prolong
- protract
- pullulate
- raise
- redouble
- reinforce
- rise
- sharpen
- soar
- spread
- strengthen
- supplement
- swarm
- teem
- thicken
- triple
- upsurge
- wax
verb as in throw up
verb as in upraise
Strong matches
verb as in uprear
Weak matches
- assemble
- bring about
- cobble up
- compose
- construct
- create
- effect
- elevate
- fabricate
- fashion
- fit together
- forge
- form
- found
- frame
- fudge together
- heighten
- hoist
- initiate
- institute
- join
- knock together
- lift
- make
- make up
- manufacture
- mount
- organize
- pitch
- plant
- prefabricate
- produce
- put together
- put up
- raise
- rear
- set up
- shape
- stand
- stand up
- throw together
- throw up
- upraise
noun as in curtain raiser
Example Sentences
In the weeks running up to the film's release the close relationship between Grande and her co-star Cynthia Erivo has been in the spotlight.
There are other markets across Northern Ireland in the run up to Christmas, such as Flowerfield Art Centre's Christmas Craft Market in Portstewart.
Trump, who ran up budget deficits during his first term, has shown little commitment to cutting spending.
“If there’s any yards we gained, whether it’s giving a move or continuing to run up field, I’ll do whatever we need to,” he said.
But after running up a $145,000 debt on a European tour, he took a day job with Mercury Records in 1961, becoming the first African-American vice-president of a major record label.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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