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Verb run up has 5 senses

run up - as of debts or scores
--₁ is one way to roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
hoist, run up - raise; "hoist the flags"; "hoist a sail"
--₂ is one way to raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
sew, run up, sew together, stitch - fasten by sewing; do needlework
--₃ is one way to fasten, fix, secure
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
chalk up, run up - accumulate as a debt; "he chalked up $100 in the course of the evening"
--₄ is one way to owe
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
run up - make by sewing together quickly; "run up a skirt"
--₅ is one way to sew, tailor, tailor-make
Sample sentence:
They run up the cape