Run up and Ruin

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Run up verb - Pile up (debts or scores).

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Ruin is an antonym for run up in topics: erect, build, raise.

Ruin verb - To cause to lose one's fortune and become unable to pay one's debts.

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Run up is an antonym for ruin.

Nearby Words: ruined, ruination, ruinous, ruining, ruinously

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