rack up

verb

racked up; racking up; racks up

transitive verb

: achieve, gain

racked up their 10th victory

Synonyms of rack up

• score

Examples of rack up in a Sentence

having racked up a huge number of points in the short program, the figure skater would have to have a disastrous long program in order to miss out on a medal

racked up their second consecutive Super Bowl victory

Recent Examples on the Web

But with the addition a few years later of singer Steve Perry, the group found its gloriously dramatic sound and began racking up hits one after the next (though critics were rarely kind). — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Even as Miro Heiskanen came on the scene and became the Stars’ go-to blueliner, Klingberg racked up more points than any other defenseman the Stars employed during his eight-year run in Dallas. — Eric Stephens, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Having racked up 130-plus movie credits over a 50-year producing career, Don Carmody has long been known as the Don of Hollywood North by studio bean counters who crunched the numbers and chose to save money by shooting in Canada. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026

Fletcher racked up 105 rushing yards and a pair of touchdowns on the night, and Mallory led the team with 142 yards. — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1949, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for rack up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup

Kids Definition

rack up

verb

: score entry 2 sense 4a

racked 30 points up in the first half