RACKING UP Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

racking up

verb

present participle of rack up

as in scoring

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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losing

as in achieving

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

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Recent Examples of racking up The North Carolina human resources executive spent two months racking up credits through web tutorials after work in 2024, then raced through 11 online classes at the University of Maine at Presque Isle in four weeks. —

Todd Wallack, Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2026 Legislators understand that the way to increase affordability is to shine a light on the ways in which those companies have been racking up record profits while government regulators are left in the dark. —

Allysson Bornt, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2026 Meanwhile, Operation Sideswipe kept expanding and racking up prosecutorial victories, building off the work of private-sector investigators and lawyers for the trucking companies. —

Patrick Radden Keefe, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026 Lemon won the Biletnikoff Award for the best receiver in college football this past season for a reason, after racking up 1,156 receiving yards and 11 touchdowns. —

Luca Evans, Denver Post, 13 Apr. 2026 After burning through their savings, the entrepreneurs turned to credit cards, racking up $100,000 in debt each. —

Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2026 And Swalwell had been racking up lots of endorsements. —

Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026 And, in a perfectly fitting twist, UConn can cement that status by overcoming a Michigan powerhouse that is racking up historically impressive numbers, hoping to go down as one of the sport's greatest teams itself. —

CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026 And, in a perfectly fitting twist, UConn can cement that status by overcoming a Michigan powerhouse that is racking up historically impressive numbers, hoping to go down as one of the sport's greatest teams itself. —

ABC News, 5 Apr. 2026

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Lucia Kendall Has made quite the impression since making her debut in October, from scoring her first goal in the 2-0 against Ghana in December to holding her own in the No 10 position against Spain’s midfield in midweek.

— Megan Feringa, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2026
The Golden Knights, who twice trailed before scoring three third-period goals, have not lost in regulation since John Tortorella (8-0-1) took over as coach.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026