stack up

verb

stacked up; stacking up; stacks up

intransitive verb

1
: to add up : total
2
: measure up, compare
usually used with against

Examples of stack up in a Sentence

those newspapers have been stacking up in the basement since we moved here
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Power rankings: See how all 32 teams stack up after six weeks of play. Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024 Hotel Monte Vista, Flagstaff For sheer number and diversity, the roster of ghosts at Hotel Monte Vista stacks up with anyone's. Roger Naylor and Scott Craven, The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2024 Examples are stacking up: Celebrities just don’t like us. Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024 Over time, as the curiosities stack up from 1890s-era playing cards and Mad Men-style magazine ads, the pull gets stronger. Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for stack up 

Word History

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of stack up was in 1896

Dictionary Entries Near stack up

Cite this Entry

“Stack up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stack%20up. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

stack up

verb
: measure up sense 2, compare
see how you stack up against the champion
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