Run up and Stop

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

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Stop is an antonym for run up in topics: erect, build, increase, lift.

Stop verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.

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Run up is an antonym for stop.

Nearby Words: stopped, stopper, stopping, stopover

Of course this was done in the run up to "The Day of the Doctor" (Doctor Who's 50th anniversary) but they didn't stop at one of them.

Source: Nightmare Fuel / Vanity Plate
It's since been fixed, but World of Warcraft dungeon Zul'Aman has a gauntlet you had to run up of continuously spawning mooks to tag a witch doctor at the end to stop.

Source: Easy Level Trick

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Stop and Run up. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/run_up/stop

Run up & Stop. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/run_up/stop>.

Stop or Run up. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/run_up/stop.

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