stack up

verb

stacked up; stacking up; stacks up

intransitive verb

1
: to add up : total
2
: measure up, compare
usually used with against

Examples of stack up in a Sentence

those newspapers have been stacking up in the basement since we moved here
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Here’s how Toco stacks up against two major competitors. Brian Sloan, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025 As the costs continue to stack up, companies will feel increasing pressure from investors and other stakeholders to take the resilience challenge seriously. Justin Worland, Time, 3 Oct. 2025 Here's a look at how Tennessee's teacher salaries stacked up against others nationwide in 2023-24. Rachel Wegner, Nashville Tennessean, 2 Oct. 2025 But postseason wins remained elusive as wild-card exits stacked up. Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for stack up

Word History

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of stack up was in 1896

Cite this Entry

“Stack up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stack%20up. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

Kids Definition

stack up

verb
: measure up sense 2, compare
see how you stack up against the champion
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