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run_up has definitions from the field of clothing
1
[ verb ] as of debts or scores

Used in print

(The Dallas Morning News,...)

Arkansas combined 280 yards rushing with 64 yards passing ( on 5 completions in 7 tosses ) and a tough defense to whip TCU , and A+M , with a 38 - point bulge against Texas_Tech ran_up its biggest total loop play since 1950 .

Related terms

collect

2
[ verb ] fasten by sewing; do needlework

Synonyms

sew stitch sew_together

Used in print

(Modern Maturity, 4:6...)

Do you love to run_up a hem , sew on buttons , make neat buttonholes ?

Related terms

fasten backstitch gather fell baste finedraw overcast resew tick hemstitch seam overcast hem cast_on cast_off sewing sewer sewing join

3
[ verb ] raise, as of flags or sails

Synonyms

hoist

Used in print

(Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)

Both of them had known the feeling of the small life in her waiting , ready , for the two of them to run_up her sails .

Related terms

raise

4
[ verb ] accumulate as a debt

Synonyms

chalk_up

Examples

"he chalked up $100 in the course of the evening"

Related terms

owe

5
[ verb ] (clothing) make by sewing together quickly

Examples

"run up a skirt"

Related terms

sew

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runup run-up rump run_by Rumph

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