rack up

verb

racked up; racking up; racks up

transitive verb

: achieve, gain

racked up their 10th victory

Synonyms

• score
• tally

Examples of rack up in a Sentence

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

racked up their second consecutive Super Bowl victory

Recent Examples on the Web

Through five movies, the Jason Bourne cinematic spy series has racked up $1.64 billion at the global box office. —Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 20 Mar. 2025

On Wednesday, the Rockets grabbed 46 rebounds but racked up 19 second-chance points. —Jason Beede, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2025

The video, posted only a couple days ago, had racked up over 20 million views by Wednesday morning. —Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 19 Mar. 2025

Since then, Kimbrel has racked up 440 career saves — fifth all-time — in 15 seasons with Atlanta, the Orioles, San Diego Padres, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies. —Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1949, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for rack up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup

Kids Definition

rack up

verb

: score entry 2 sense 4a

racked 30 points up in the first half