Run-up
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Run-up, also runup, may be:
- Run-up (cricket)Run-up (cricket)The term "run-up" is a cricketing term which refers to the approach a bowler makes when preparing to deliver the ball. The ball must be delivered from behind a bowling crease, but preparation to bowl the ball can be done any way the bowler wishes...
, type of movement made by a bowler - Run-up (aviation), aircraft verification procedure performed just prior to take-off
- The maximum height on land reached by a tsunamiTsunamiA tsunami is a series of water waves caused by the displacement of a large volume of a body of water, typically an ocean or a large lake...
as it encounters the shore