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

Their opponents have racked up 35 shots in two matches but had just eight on target. — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Micah Ford, their running back, racked up 100 yards on 25 carries, which isn’t overly efficient, but still pretty solid. — David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026

There are content creators, who report trial updates through social media videos, including on TikTok and YouTube, racking up hundreds of thousands of views. — Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026

One TikTok of the scrappy piggy dodging cars and darting between would-be animal rescuers’ legs racked up nearly a half million views. — Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 2 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