Run it up Meaning in English
expression
परिभाषा
To increase an amount, especially a score, price, or total, often rapidly or to a high level. It can also be used informally to mean spending a lot, especially with money or bills.
उपयोग और बारीकियां
Informal and often used in American English. Common with numbers, money, bills, prices, scores. For spending, often means making a bill much higher. Not for physical/literal running. Pairs with 'the score', 'the bill', 'the price', or as a standalone boast ('Let's run it up!').
उदाहरण वाक्य
They kept scoring to run it up in the second half.
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I accidentally ran it up and spent too much money on dinner.
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If you keep adding toppings, you'll run it up fast.
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Let's go out tonight and run it up on the dance floor!
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We really ran it up at the store—check out that receipt!
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He loves to run it up when he's with his friends—never says no to having fun.
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