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Meanings of run up in English
Synonyms
Examples for "hoist"
Examples for "hoist"
1
But first, hoist me up a bucket of sea water, will you?
2
The wind was contrary; it would be useless to hoist the sail.
3
Sadly and reluctantly was the order given to hoist the boat in.
4
Ropes and grappling irons were used to hoist the body on board.
5
Pass the halliards along so that you can hoist in a jiffy.
Usage of run up in English
1
Reacher said, 'How fast can you run up a flight of stairs?'
2
Burne-Jones no longer had to ' run up' to Brixton to see him.
3
I go for a run up there most days of the week.
4
Here are some possible scenarios in the run up to the elections.
5
So can he in fact run up the side of a building?
6
The folk run up in all directions and delight to see him.
7
A ship isn't going to run up and hit me, he said.
8
THE crunch is approaching in the run up to EU monetary union.
9
Someone run up to my dressing room and get the spare key.
10
We can run up and down that without danger of falling in.
11
The patience of the Orient is something awful to run up against.
12
I left the main street and began to run up the hill.
13
Jake and I will run up to the foot of the wharf.
14
All the boats have been run up the river to save them.
15
Her fingers rattled against the ivory on a run up the piano.
16
It took her a while to run up the sequence of events.
