run up
run up  {v. phr.}
1. To add to the amount of; increase. 
Karl ran up a big bill at the bookstore.
2. To put together or make hastily; sew quickly together. 
Jill ran up a costume for the party on her sewing machine.
3. To pull (something) upward on a rope; put (something) up quickly. 
The pirates ran up the black flag.
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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms
