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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Snow is headed for the Denver area Monday morning and this time multiple inches could stack up in the city, according to the National Weather Service. Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 3 Nov. 2024 Where does this one stack up in the unfortunately long history of Bears heartbreakers? Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2024 Here’s how Erie stacks up against two leaders in the auto insurance space. Brian Sloan, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2024 In a year full of excellent horror films, how does Don’t Move stack up? Paul Tassi, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024 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

Dictionary Entries Near stack up

Cite this Entry

“Stack up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stack%20up. Accessed 12 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

stack up

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