stack up
Verb
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Verb
stack up
- (transitive) To put#Verb|put into a stack#Noun|stack.
- Stack up the boxes.
- (intransitive) to pile up; to accumulate.
- (idiomatic, transitive) To put a group#Noun|group of abstract#Adjective|abstract things together.
- to stack up memories
- Often followed by against or among: to compare with (something); to measure up.
- 1939, Milwaukee Journal, issue of 7th September, page 3 ↗:
- "How Populations Stack Up Among Nations At War" (name of the article)
- 1973, The Paper Chase, 01:17:10
- This is a great outline. Fantastic. If yours doesn't stack up, you won't get a chance to look at it.
- 1939, Milwaukee Journal, issue of 7th September, page 3 ↗:
- (put into a stack) heap up, pile up, stack; see also Thesaurus:pile up
- (accumulate) accrue, add up; see also Thesaurus:accumulate
- Russian: соотве́тствовать
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