run up | Idiomator

Meaning: To run (towards someone or something); to hasten to a destination.As I was walking along the road, a man suddenlyran upto me.The dogran upunder the table to get his food.; (withto)Toapproach(an event or point in time).We are putting on lots of special attractions as werun upto Christmas.; (transitive)To take to a destination or before an authority.1924, Michigan. Supreme Court,Michigan Reports, volume226, page46:[…]and I took him along andranhimupto police headquarters.; ; (dated)To erect hastily, as a building.Synonyms:throw up(dated),knock up,knock together,slap together1840February,Edgar Allan Poe, “Peter Pendulum, the Business Man”, inBurton's Gentleman's Magazine‎[1], volume 6, number 2, page87:we wait until the palace is half-way up, and then we pay some tasty architect torunusupan ornamental mud hovel, right against it; (idiomatic,transitive)Tomakesomething, usually an item of clothing, veryquickly.I'llrunyouupa skirt for tomorrow evening.; (idiomatic,transitive)To bring (aflag) to the top of itsflag pole.Stand quietly while the honor guardrunsthe flagup.; (transitive)Tostring up; tohang.; (cricket)Of abowler, to run, orwalkup to thebowling creasein order tobowlaball.Heruns up... and bowls. Smashed away for four runs!; (intransitive,transitive)Torise; to swell; to grow; toincrease.Accounts of goods creditedrun upvery fast.1821January 8, [Walter Scott],Kenilworth; a Romance.[…], volume(please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh:[…]Archibald Constable and Co.; andJohn Ballantyne,[…]; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co.,→OCLC:But these, having been untrimmed for many years, hadrun upinto great bushes, or rather dwarf trees.2009February 6, Roy Furchgott, “Google Glitch May Run Up Phone Bills”, inNew York Times‎[2]:Google Glitch MayRun UpPhone Bills [title]; (idiomatic)Toaccumulate(adebt).Heran upover $5,000 in unpaid bills.; Tothrustup, as anything long and slender.The fenceruns upalong the edge of the pasture.; (aviation,transitive)Towarm upand test an airplane before a flight.; (African-American Vernacular,slang,sometimes reflexive)To accumulate money, drugs, etc.Irun me upsome big bills.; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seerun,‎up.The small boyran upthe hill.

Examples:

EN: Those things make cold shivers run up my back.
ES: - Esas cosas me dan escalofríos.
EN: Hey, Doc, run up and give this maid the once over, will you?
ES: Oiga, doctor, Échele un vistazo a la criada, ¿quiere?
EN: My double makes a dash for the taxi the crowds swarm after him, give them a nice run up 5th Avenue, then I get out, get into my cab, in ten minutes I'm on the dock.
ES: y en diez minutos estaré en el muelle.
EN: I ain't hired to run up and down stairs for the likes of you.
ES: No me contrataron para subir y bajar escaleras para gente como tú.
EN: - Tell her I can run up for an hour.
ES: Dile que le puedo conceder una hora.
EN: You wouldn't think a fellow could run up a bill of $28 on 3-cent newspapers.
ES: Ese tipo acumula una factura de 28 dólares en periódicos.
EN: E xcuse me, I'll run up and see what that slowpoke's doing.
ES: Disculpen, iré a ver por qué tarda tanto.
EN: I'll run up and pack my things.
ES: Subiré a recoger mis cosas.
EN: I thought you wanted to run up a time charge on him.
ES: Pensé que querías cobrarle un cargo de tiempo.
EN: I thought we might run up a few curtains and make a batch of fudge while we were planning what to wear to the Country Club dance Saturday night.
ES: Ya me has oído. Hubiéramos podido hacer unas tartas mientras decidíamos qué ponernos para el baile del sábado del club de campo.
EN: I guess I'd better run up to The corner and get one for you. Do that, will you?
ES: Será mejor que corra hasta la esquina para conseguirle uno.
EN: Go run up to the office and get your check.
ES: Volved a la oficina y recoged vuestro cheque.
EN: You run up and see her.
ES: Corre, ve a verla.
EN: But Baring and the other bankers will run up the old bonds.
ES: Pero Baring y los otros banqueros subirán los viejos bonos.
EN: Well, I'll run up a minute anyway. Maybe she's still awake.
ES: Subiré un momento, tal vez aún esté despierta.

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