run up

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
run up
    v 1: pile up (debts or scores)
    2: raise; "hoist the flags"; "hoist a sail" [syn: {hoist}, {run
       up}]
    3: fasten by sewing; do needlework [syn: {sew}, {run up}, {sew
       together}, {stitch}]
    4: accumulate as a debt; "he chalked up $100 in the course of
       the evening" [syn: {chalk up}, {run up}]
    5: make by sewing together quickly; "run up a skirt"
    

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