stack up

verb

stacked up; stacking up; stacks up

intransitive verb

1

: to add up : total

2

: measure up, compare

—usually used with against

Synonyms

• approach
• approximate
• compare (with)
• measure up (to)

Examples of stack up in a Sentence

those newspapers have been stacking up in the basement since we moved here

Recent Examples on the Web

Intel's high-end gaming option, the 13th-gen Core i9, was an incredibly versatile performer and still stacks up will in benchmark tests against newer, lower end chips like the 14th-gen i7. —Simon Hill, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024

Heavy mountain snow will decrease around noon Wednesday and end in the evening, but not before another two to six inches of snow stacks up, NWS forecasters said. —Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 27 Nov. 2024

How does Sarkisian stack up with the others who have coached 50 games at Texas? —Danny Davis, Austin American-Statesman, 25 Nov. 2024

Climate woes are stacking up in the wake of such extreme heat, with widespread flooding killing thousands across Africa, deadly landslides burying villages in Asia, and drought in South America shrinking rivers. —Reuters, NBC News, 23 Nov. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

stack up

verb

: measure up sense 2, compare

see how you stack up against the champion