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

Shark has racked up six patents through its R&D process, opened a factory in Turkey that can craft 120 instruments a month, and has now opened its online store to accept custom orders. —Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 25 Jan. 2026

Keep trying to rack up wins for this team. —Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2026

The tally ranks the tunes that rack up the largest number of total audience impressions across all radio stations throughout the United States. —Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026

Eilish, by contrast, has built her Hottest 100 footprint in a far shorter time frame, racking up entries since her breakout years and becoming one of the most successful international artists in the poll’s recent history. —Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 24 Jan. 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