run up

verb

1. pile up (debts or scores)

2. fasten by sewing
do needlework

Synonym: sewsew togetherstitch

3. raise

e.g. hoist the flags
hoist a sail

Synonym: hoist

4. make by sewing together quickly

e.g. run up a skirt

5. accumulate as a debt

e.g. he chalked up $100 in the course of the evening

Synonym: chalk up

1. 积欠(账款、债务等)
If someone runs up bills or debts, they acquire them by buying a lot of things or borrowing money.

e.g. He ran up a £1,400 bill at the Britannia Adelphi Hotel...
他在大不列颠阿德尔菲酒店积欠了1,400英镑的账单
e.g. Many ran up huge debts as they spent millions to buy foreign players.
很多俱乐部因为斥巨资购买外援而积欠了巨额债务。

2. see also: run-up