Definition of run up Run up
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What does run up mean?
WordNet
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| run up - pile up (debts or scores) | ||
| accumulate, amass, hoard, compile, pile up, collect, roll up collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up" | ||
| run up - make by sewing together quickly; "run up a skirt" | ||
| sew, tailor-make, tailor fasten by sewing; do needlework | ||
| run up - fasten by sewing; do needlework | ||
| sew, sew together, stitch | ||
| fasten, secure, fix attach to; "They fastened various nicknames to each other" | ||
| hem utter `hem' or `ahem' | ||
| resew sew again; "The cuff of the coat had been resewn" | ||
| overcast sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next; "overcast books" | ||
| overcast sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next; "overcast books" | ||
| backstitch do backstitches | ||
| pucker, tuck, gather to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She puckered her lips" | ||
| finedraw sew together very finely | ||
| fell cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers" | ||
| baste, tack cover with liquid before cooking; "baste a roast" | ||
| hemstitch sew with hemstitches; "hemstitch a sleeve" | ||
| retick, tick sew; "tick a mattress" | ||
| cast on make the first row of stitches when knitting | ||
| cast off make the last row of stitches when knitting | ||
| run up - accumulate as a debt; "he chalked up $100 in the course of the evening" | ||
| chalk up | ||
| owe be in debt; "She owes me $200"; "I still owe for the car"; "The thesis owes much to his adviser" | ||
| run up - raise; "hoist the flags"; "hoist a sail" | ||
| hoist | ||
| elevate, bring up, get up, lift, raise cause to come to a sudden stop; "The noise brought her up in shock" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- run up (Noun)
The action of running up; the area of the pitch used by the bowler to run up, the start of which he marks with a small marker. - run up (Verb)
Of a bowler, to run, or walk up to the bowling crease in order to bowl a ball. - run up (Verb)
To bring a flag to the top of its flag pole . - run up (Verb)
To make something, usually an item of clothing, very quickly. - run up (Verb)
To accumulate a debt.
