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run it up

run it up verb: to make money (or something else) quickly.

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.

Forms of run it up

third-person singular presentruns it up
present participlerunning it up
pastran it up
past participlerun it up

Questions about run it up

What does run it up mean?
Run it up means to make money (or something else) quickly.
What part of speech is run it up?
Run it up is a verb.
What is the past tense of run it up?
The past tense of run it up is ran it up.

Words near run it up in the dictionary

  1. run interference
  2. run into
  3. run into a brick wall
  4. run into one
  5. run into the ground
  6. run it up
  7. run it up the flagpole, to see who salutes
  8. run its course
  9. run late
  10. run like a dry creek
  11. run like a top

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