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the run-up
noun
The approach run of a bowler before delivering the ball
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In the run-up to the announcement.
But controversy clouded the run-up to the flotation.
I haven't enjoyed the run-up to the election.
"The run-up to September is not about numbers.
The run-up to the Jets' incident was orchestrated.
But nerves are jangling in the run-up.
The run-up to the election was overshadowed by scandals.
A flurry of unsuccessful legal challenges marked the run-up.
Logically, it will happen in the run-up to 2007".
— in the run-up to the 2008 meltdown.
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I've had an easy week in the run up.
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