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

According to Bloomberg, Bank of America and Citigroup were hosting calls today to market the debt and racked up enough demand to cover the offering. — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2026

The state has charged as much as $347 per day, meaning anyone who was imprisoned for a year in Connecticut racked up a tab of nearly $127,000. — Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 28 Sep. 2026

The ocean carriers racked up nearly $43 million in surcharges in the first week alone, which would have amounted to more than $2 billion over a full year. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026

Starliner has been grounded ever since, while SpaceX continues to rack up astronaut missions for NASA. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 28 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