add up to

1 to be the same in meaning or effect <whether we take the 4:00 train or the 4:15 bus, it adds up to the same thing: they both get us back too late> Synonyms amount (to), come (to), correspond (to), emulate, equalRelated Words approach, match, measure (up), meet, rival, touch; connote, denote, express, import, mean, signify, smack (of), spell, suggest

2 to have a total of <even if we pool all our money, it won't add up to enough to rent a beach house for a week> Synonyms amount (to), aggregate, come (to), count (up to), number, sum (to or into), totalRelated Words average, equal, measure, reach; compose, comprise, constitute, make up