English

run up on

To approach with speed or forceful intensity

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    From run up + on.

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    • partEnglishrun up “To run (towards someone or something); to hasten to a destination.”
    • partEnglishon “In the state of being active, functioning or operating.”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishon
        • inheritedOld Englishon “in”
        • inheritedOld Englishān “one”
      • derivedOld Norseón
        • derivedProto-Germanic*ēnu
      • derivedJapanese音読み

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