To run (towards someone or something); to hasten to a destination.
As I was walking along the road, a man suddenly ran up to me.
To approach (an event or point in time).
We are putting on lots of special attractions as we run up to Christmas.
To take to a destination or before an authority.
[…] and I took him along and ran him up to police headquarters.
Alternative form of run-up.
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