stack up
verb
stacked up; stacking up; stacks up
1
: to add up
Cars were beginning to stack up behind the bus.
2
: to be in a particular state or situation
Here's how things stack up today.
3
: measure up, compare
—usually used with against
How does he stack up against the other job candidates?
Examples of stack up in a Sentence
those newspapers have been stacking up in the basement since we moved here
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The short answer is yes, and the savings stack up faster than most people expect.
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Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 20 May 2026
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Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 20 May 2026
Mistral has stacked up revenue, financing and customers and become Europe's most formidable AI company.
—Rebecca Fannin, CNBC, 19 May 2026
Here’s what the science actually says about pasta, how the different varieties stack up and whether your weeknight bowl of spaghetti deserves a place in a healthy diet.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 18 May 2026
Where does that stack up historically?
—Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2026
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“Stack up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stack%20up. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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