Finish and Run up

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Finish

Finish verb - To bring (something) to a state where nothing remains to be done.
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Run up is an antonym for finish.
Nearby Words: finished, finis, finishing, finisher

Run up

Run up verb - Pile up (debts or scores).
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Finish is an antonym for run up in topics: erect, build, increase, lift.
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  • The first boss you run up against legs it after a while, leaving half a dozen Mooks to finish you off despite his having an Ingram.
    Source: Flunky Boss
  • Video Game / Kingdom Hearts II HP to 1: In the optional Data version of the first Xemnas fight, doing the "Finish" Reaction Command on the run up Memory's Skyscraper will automatically put him at 1 HP.
    Source: Video Game / Kingdom Hearts II
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