Run-up meaning : The action of running up; the area of the pitch used by the bowler to run up, the start of which he marks with a small marker To run (towards someone or something); to hasten to a destination. (with to) To approach (an event or point in time). To erect hastily, as a building. To make something, usually an item of clothing, very quickly. To bring a flag to the top of its flag pole. To string up; to hang. Of a bowler, to run, or walk up to the bowling crease in order to bowl a ball. To rise; to swell; to grow; to increase. To accumulate (a debt). To thrust up, as anything long and slender.