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"