RACK UP Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

rack up

verb

as in to score

to gain (as points or runs in a game) as credit towards one's total number of points 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

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lose

as in to achieve

to obtain (as a goal) through effort racked up their second consecutive Super Bowl victory

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Recent Examples of rack up And hey, if this movie racks up the views, perhaps the next tale will make it to theaters, with bigger co-stars to boot. —

Mark Meszoros, Twin Cities, 29 May 2026 The Los Angeles Sparks (3-3) visit the Washington Mystics (3-3) after Kelsey Plum racked up 38 points in the Sparks’ 101-95 victory over the Aces. —

Data Skrive, New York Times, 29 May 2026 Episodes of the YouTube show now rack up tens and sometimes hundreds of millions of views each. —

Veronique Greenwood, Time, 29 May 2026 Our investigation examined years of federal Medicare claims data to identify and name the doctors who were making the most money off of these controversial procedures, and found that several of them had also racked up allegations of patient harm and even fraud. —

Annie Waldman, ProPublica, 29 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for rack up

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Vaughn Grissom scored on a throwing error by Goodman in the fifth for a 6-3 lead.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2026
The Vision couldn’t play the mind games that they are used to in order to score the victory.

— Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2026