racked up

verb

past tense of rack up
1
as in scored
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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2
as in achieved
to obtain (as a goal) through effort racked up their second consecutive Super Bowl victory

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Recent Examples of racked up Bucky Irving ran for 106 yards and two touchdowns as the Bucs racked up 258 yards on the ground on 49 carries, and Tampa Bay's defense forced four turnovers in Sunday's 43-13 rout of the division rival Carolina Panthers. — ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026 One of the two fake videos racked up roughly 857,000 views within 24 hours, according to an analysis by Alethea, a threat intelligence company. — Shannon Bond, NPR, 24 Oct. 2026 In IconArrows pointing outwards October sprint A majority of the net gain in points between the August 2025 low and now has been racked up this month. — Alex Crippen, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026 Litke has racked up a team-high 104 tackles with 10 for loss and a sack. — Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026 Unsurprisingly, video of the incident racked up millions of views (and just as many opinions). — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 22 Oct. 2026 While the Rebels racked up nearly 500 yards, Missouri’s prolific running game was held to a season-low 39 yards. — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2026 The Rebels racked up 257 yards on the ground in large part because of the efforts of Kewan Lacy and backup Makhi Frazier. — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026 The source series, a Vidio original, has racked up more than 34 million views on the streamer. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for racked up
  1. scored
  2. achieved
  3. won
  4. attained
  5. gained
  6. made
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  • Sean Durzi scored 78 seconds in, Dylan Garand made 29 saves and the New York Rangers defeated the travel-weary Ducks 5-2 on Monday night to improve to 6-0-0 at home this fall.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The Horned Frogs’ defense deserves a ton of credit for shutting down a Baylor offense that scored 55 points and rolled up 564 yards in its last game against Arizona State.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Oct. 2026
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  • Zhang fell into the water four times and achieved a maximum distance of only 20 meters (66 feet).
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The Roadster also did not fly any appreciable distance, landing short of even the 120 feet the Wright Brothers achieved during their first flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in 1903.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of achieved
Verb
  • Meanwhile, national Republicans are attempting to mobilize the state’s conservative voters around Marshall in a state Trump won with 57% of the vote in 2024.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026
  • In 2022, Lula summoned his old populist magnetism, built a coalition large enough to defeat Bolsonaro, and won a third term.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of won
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  • The researchers demonstrated the benefit of using different atoms by maintaining quantum entanglement for 10 seconds as against a few milliseconds attained with the same set of atoms.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026
  • There is a greater good to be attained and that is the emphasis that will now be placed on the education of our students.
    — Bruce Svare, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of attained
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  • The Rams amassed over 400 total yards, gained 30-plus first downs, scored five touchdowns, converted 50 percent of their third downs, and committed zero turnovers against the Bills.
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Amazon — The e-commerce giant gained more than 1% after Morgan Stanley named it a top pick and raised its price target.
    — Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of gained
Verb
  • In the second half, the Charlotte Hornets’ newcomers made their own big impact.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 22 Oct. 2026
  • This is the basic technology that revolutionized US oil a decade ago, and made the country by far the world’s top producer.
    — Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of made

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