run up

as of debts or scores

raise

• “hoist the flags”
• “hoist a sail”

fasten by sewing; do needlework

accumulate as a debt

• “he chalked up $100 in the course of the evening”

make by sewing together quickly

• “run up a skirt”

a substantial increase over a relatively short period of time

• “a runup in interest rates”
• “market runups are followed by corrections”

the approach run during which an athlete gathers speed