Run-up and Take

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Run-up noun - A substantial increase over a relatively short period of time.

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Take is an antonym for run-up.

Take verb - To reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms.

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Run-up is an antonym for take.

Nearby Words: taking, taken, taker

Fitting both this trope and Take That: During the run-up to the women's figure skating competition in the 1994 Winter Olympics, complete with a physical attack on Nancy Kerrigan by associates of her rival Tonya Harding, the latter called herself "the Charles Barkley of figure skating".

Source: Self Deprecation / Real Life

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