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

Meanwhile, Operation Sideswipe kept expanding and racking up prosecutorial victories, building off the work of private-sector investigators and lawyers for the trucking companies. —Patrick Radden Keefe, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026

But today's credit card rates are sitting at an average of over 21%, and the interest charges, late fees and penalty rates that rack up can cause a once manageable balance to balloon faster than expected. —Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026

It's also racked up more than 860 backers for the BTL50. —New Atlas, 13 Apr. 2026

Lemon won the Biletnikoff Award for the best receiver in college football this past season for a reason, after racking up 1,156 receiving yards and 11 touchdowns. —Luca Evans, Denver Post, 13 Apr. 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