stack up — Englisches Wörterbuch

Verb

1. to put into a stack.

   Gebrauch

   • transitiv

   Beispiele

   Stack up the boxes.

2. to pile up; to accumulate.

   Gebrauch

   • intransitiv

   Synonyme

   pile upstackadd up

3. To put a group of abstract things together.

   Gebrauch

   • idiomatic
   • transitiv

   Beispiele

   to stack up memories

4. Often followed by against or among: to compare with (something); to measure up.

   Beispiele

   "How Populations Stack Up Among Nations At War" (name of the article)

   This is a great outline. Fantastic. If yours doesn't stack up, you won't get a chance to look at it.

   Weitere Beispiele (2)

   [Raheem] Sterling's attitude and ability is never in doubt, never ducking a challenge or dropping his intensity, but the numbers are simply not stacking up at England level.

   Meaney said the rail industry needs to be honest with itself when discussing major investment projects, and to ask if the business case stacks up.

Verb

1. arrange into piles or stacks

   Synonyme

   pile upheap up

   Oberbegriffe

   gathergarnercollectpull together

   Beispiele

   She piled up her books in my living room