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ran it up

ran it up is the simple past of run it up.

Meaning of run it up

Verb

run it up (third-person singular simple present runs it up, present participle running it up, simple past ran it up, past participle run it up)

  1. (intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To make money (or something else) quickly.

Questions about ran it up

What is ran it up the simple past of?
Ran it up is the simple past of run it up.

Words near ran it up in the dictionary

  1. ran interference
  2. ran into
  3. ran into a brick wall
  4. ran into one
  5. ran into the ground
  6. ran it up
  7. ran late
  8. ran like a dry creek
  9. ran like a top
  10. ran lines
  11. ran low

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