# run up the score

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. To engage in the practice – usually by coaching decision – of scoring more points than needed in a one-sided contest.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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