Source : WordNet®

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