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    run-up

    noun

    Dict: [ S ] mainly UK the final period of time before an important event

    “…alleged unethical conduct in mis-marketing mortgage securities in the run-up to the credit crunch and is struggling to improve its public image…”

    --Goldman Sachs hit by lurid allegations of sex discrimination
    Guardian, Wednesday 15 September 2010
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/sep/15/goldman-sachs-allegations-sex-discrimination


     

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