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▸ noun: The approach run of a high jumper or other athlete in order to gather speed or momentum.
▸ noun: A period of time just before an important event.
▸ noun: An increase in the value or amount of something.
▸ noun: (oceanography) The extent of a wave's reach onto land as the result of a tsunami or storm such as a cyclone.
▸ noun: (aviation, transitive) The process of warming up and testing an airplane before a flight.
Similar:
run up,
runup,
approach,
prerun,
dry run,
rolling start,
run-through,
dummy run,
preroll,
opening batsman,
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