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run up

Dictionary definition · run up

verb

  1. pile up (debts or scores)
  2. raise by using ropes and pulleys"hoist the flags"
  3. fasten by sewing; do needlework
  4. accumulate, sometimes as a debt"he chalked up $100 in the course of the evening"
  5. make by sewing together quickly"run up a skirt"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).