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run up

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Of a bowler, to run, or walk up to the bowling crease in order to bowl a ball.
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run up

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To bring a flag to the top of it's flag pole.
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run up

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To make something, usually an item of clothing, very quickly.

I'll run you up a skirt for tomorrow evening.

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run up

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To accumulate a debt.

He ran up over 5,000 $ in unpaid bills.

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