run up

1. (verb) as of debts or scores
Related Words: accumulate, amass, collect, compile, hoard, pile up

2. (verb) make by sewing together quickly; "run up a skirt"
Related Words: sew, tailor, tailor-make

3. (verb) fasten by sewing; do needlework
Synonyms: sew, sew together, stitch
Related Words: backstitch, baste, cast on, fasten, fell, finedraw, fix, gather, hemstitch, overcast, pucker, resew, retick, seam, secure, tick, tuck

4. (verb) raise, as of flags or sails
Synonyms: hoist
Related Words: bring up, elevate, get up, lift, raise

5. (verb) accumulate as a debt; "he chalked up $100 in the course of the evening"
Synonyms: chalk up
Related Words: owe



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