run up

Verb
  1. Pile up (debts or scores) (synset 200159361)
    is a type of: accumulate, amass, collect, compile, hoard, pile up, roll up - get or gather together
  2. Raise (synset 201458383)
    "hoist the flags"; "hoist a sail"
    is a type of: bring up, elevate, get up, lift, raise - raise from a lower to a higher position
    same as: hoist
  3. Fasten by sewing;
    Do needlework (synset 201331921)
    entail: conjoin, join - make contact or come together
    is a type of: fasten, fix, secure - cause to be firmly attached
    subtypes:
    • hem - fold over and sew together to provide with a hem
    • resew - sew again
    • overcast - sew with an overcast stitch from one section to the next
    • overcast - sew over the edge of with long slanting wide stitches
    • backstitch - do backstitches
    • gather, pucker, tuck - draw together into folds or puckers
    • finedraw - sew together very finely
    • fell - sew a seam by folding the edges
    • baste, tack - sew together loosely, with large stitches
    • hemstitch - sew with hemstitches
    • retick, tick - sew
    • cast on - make the first row of stitches when knitting
    • cast off - make the last row of stitches when knitting
    same as: sew, sew together, stitch
  4. Accumulate as a debt (synset 202326225)
    "he chalked up $100 in the course of the evening"
    is a type of: owe - be obliged to pay or repay
    same as: chalk up
  5. Make by sewing together quickly (synset 201670499)
    "run up a skirt"
    is a type of: sew, tailor, tailor-make - create (clothes) with cloth

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