run up
• allow a debt or bill to accumulate.
• "he ran up debts of £153,000"
Similar:
accumulate,
accrue,
amass,
collect,
gather,
stockpile,
heap up,
rack up,
build up,
scrape together,
hoard,
lay in/up,
garner,
tot up,
• make something quickly or hurriedly, especially a piece of clothing.
• "I'll run up a dress for you"
• raise a flag.
• "they ran up the star and crescent"
run-up
noun
• the period preceding a notable event.
• "a programme aimed at lowering unemployment in the run-up to the next election"
• an act of running briefly to gain momentum before performing a jump in athletics, bowling in cricket, etc.
• "high jumper Steve Smith will use his shortened five-stride run-up"
• a low approach shot that bounces and runs forward.
• an act of running an engine or turbine to prepare it for use or to test it.
• "other than for the first flight of the day, engine run-ups are not deemed necessary"
• a marked rise in the value or level of something.
• "a sharp run-up of land and stock prices"
come running
• be eager to do what someone wants.
• "he had only to crook his finger and she would come running"
