プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
おいあげる【追い上げる】
❶〔上へ追い詰める〕
犬たちが鹿(しか)を山へ追い上げた
The dogs chased the deer up the mountain.
❷〔後方から勢いよく迫る〕
二番目の走者が急速に追い上げて来た
The second runner is 「catching up [closing the gap] fast.
その馬は最終コーナーで追い上げてきた
The horse began gaining on the leader at the last corner.
❸〔下位から勢いよく迫る〕
後発メーカーが我が社を激しく追い上げてきている
Another manufacturer, who got a later start than we did, is really putting the pressure on us.
選挙終盤に激しく追い上げ，辛うじて当選を果たした
In the last days of the (election) campaign, he moved up strongly and just squeaked through to win the election.