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

The focus on Wednesday will turn to the title race, with Manchester City looking to rack up a 19th consecutive victory over Fulham (full marks to any Fulham fans making that trip), and the other end of the table, where Nottingham Forest host bottom side Wolves in a must-win game for Sean Dyche. —Stuart James, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026

These videos, often filmed from the point of view of the man approaching a potential subject, rack up thousands and, in some case, millions of views. —Ivana Scatola, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026

OpenAI’s ad has racked up 26,000 views, while Anthropic’s most popular Super Bowl ad so far has over 390,000. —Julia Black, Vanity Fair, 8 Feb. 2026

Marking Spielberg’s follow-up to The Fabelmans, the semi-autobiographical 2022 drama that racked up seven Oscar nominations, Disclosure Day also stars Josh O’Connor, Colin Firth, Eve Hewson, and Colman Domingo. —Matt Grobar, Deadline, 8 Feb. 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