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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Talk shows quickly moved to stack up monitors to create virtual studio audiences. Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 12 Mar. 2025 How do these chips stack up to each other, and how big a deal is the lack of an M4 Ultra? Ars Technica, 11 Mar. 2025 See how aid from the US, the European Union and its institutions, and all other countries stacks up: Ukraine has expanded its domestic production of military equipment including the manufacturing of drones and artillery munitions. Rachel Wilson, CNN, 8 Mar. 2025 Best View There are overlooks every couple of miles along Skyline, but the views really stack up around the midpoint as the road reaches its highest elevations. Graham Averill, Outside Online, 7 Mar. 2025 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

Cite this Entry

“Stack up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stack%20up. Accessed 17 Mar. 2025.

Kids Definition

stack up

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