run up
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(verb) as of debts or scores |
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Related Words: accumulate, amass, collect, compile, hoard, pile up |
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(verb) make by sewing together quickly; "run up a skirt" |
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Related Words: sew, tailor, tailor-make |
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(verb) fasten by sewing; do needlework |
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Synonyms: sew, sew together, stitch |
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Related Words: backstitch, baste, cast on, fasten, fell, finedraw, fix, gather, hemstitch, overcast, pucker, resew, retick, seam, secure, tick, tuck |
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4. |
(verb) raise, as of flags or sails |
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Synonyms: hoist |
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Related Words: bring up, elevate, get up, lift, raise |
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(verb) accumulate as a debt; "he chalked up $100 in the course of the evening" |
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Synonyms: chalk up |
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Related Words: owe |
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