Dictionary definition · run up
verb
- pile up (debts or scores)
- raise by using ropes and pulleys"hoist the flags"
- fasten by sewing; do needlework
- accumulate, sometimes as a debt"he chalked up $100 in the course of the evening"
- make by sewing together quickly"run up a skirt"
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).