2 English Phrasal Verbs With 'STACK'

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We have definitions for 2 phrasal verbs with 'STACK'

2 phrasal verbs with 'STACK'

Stack up

  1. Put things in a pile
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: I STACKED UP the boxes.
  2. Accumulate
    (Intransitive | International English)
    » Example: Work STACKED UP while I was away on holiday.
  3. Increase, accumulate something
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: I've been STACKING UP a lot of air miles.
  4. Be logical, make sense
    (Intransitive | International English)
    » Example: The budget figures don't STACK UP.
  5. Build up the number of planes waiting to land at an airport
    (Intransitive | International English)
    » Example: Planes were STACKING UP while the airport was closed after the bomb threat.

Stack up against

  1. Be as good as something
    (Inseparable | Australian English)
    » Example: The new model doesn't STACK UP AGAINST the old one.

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