rack up

verb

racked up; racking up; racks up
Synonyms of rack upnext

transitive verb

: achieve, gain
racked up their 10th victory

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
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Based partly on a spectacular opening day on Spotify, the K-pop group’s first new album since 2020 is widely projected to rack up the year’s best opening figures to date. Chris Willman, Variety, 23 Mar. 2026 In its first week, Wonder Man racked up 618 million minutes of watch time, according to Nielsen, and landed in the metric tracking service’s top 10 original streaming series. Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 23 Mar. 2026 Shaffir gained widespread attention with Jew, the rare special sought out by Netflix following a successful run on YouTube, which has racked up over eight million views. Matt Grobar, Deadline, 23 Mar. 2026 It's also racked up nearly 400 backers for this one. New Atlas, 23 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for rack up

Word History

First Known Use

1949, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of rack up was in 1949

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“Rack up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rack%20up. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.

Kids Definition

rack up

verb
: score entry 2 sense 4a
racked 30 points up in the first half
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