phrasal verb

Stack up

Letter SInseparable

2Sections

Put things in a pile

Meanings

  • Put things in a pile (separable [optional], International English)
  • Accumulate (intransitive, International English)
  • Increase, accumulate something (separable [optional], International English)
  • logical, make sense (intransitive, International English)
  • Build up the number of planes waiting to land at an airport (intransitive, International English)

Examples

  • I STACKED UP the boxes.
  • Work STACKED UP while I was away on holiday.
  • I've been STACKING UP a lot of air miles.
  • The budget figures don't STACK UP.
  • Planes were STACKING UP while the airport was closed after the bomb threat.

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