The phrase "a run up of" is not standard in written English and may cause confusion.
It could be used in contexts discussing an increase or accumulation of something, but it is better to use more established phrases.
Example: "There has been a significant run up of prices in the housing market recently."
Alternatives: "an increase in" or "a surge of".
For comparison, the tsunami that devastated Japan's northeast coast in 2011 had a maximum run up of about 40 meters.
Hours later, this tsunami was even detected in Hawaii, where it had a run-up of less than a foot.
He planted down his big boots determinedly in a run-up of modest length though undeniable aggression.
The truck had a run-up of about 80 metres before crashing into market stalls and shoppers outside Kaiser Wilhelm memorial church.
Ciena's shares closed at $57.5625 on Tuesday after a run-up of $6.1875 on takeover speculation; yesterday, its share price closed at $61.75, up another $4.1875.
It had a run-up of about 80 metres before crashing into stalls and shoppers outside the Kaiser Wilhelm memorial church.
Prof. John Taylor of Stanford points out that "the start of every recession since World War II has been preceded by a run-up of inflation".
Despite a run-up of 78percentt in the second quarter, "it's still cheap relative to where its business is," he said.
Oil at $50 was a distant prospect, and the prevailing wisdom was that a run-up of that extent would do serious economic damage.
Mr. Landis added to a favorite position, Globix, based in Manhattan's Silicon Alley, as it was falling 23.1percentt in the second quarter after a run-up of 1,100 percent last year.
While some of the sedimentary evidence has been questioned51, chaotically deposited debris layers at the Minoan archaeological site of Paleokastro provide particularly convincing evidence for a run-up of at least 9 m along the northeast coast of Crete by tsunamis generated by the LBA eruption52.
