stack up

• Фразовый глагол, используемый для обозначения действия по укладыванию предметов в стопку или кучу, а также для сравнения или сопоставления с чем-либо.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of arranging items in a pile or stack, or to compare or measure up against something.

uncountable · transitive and intransitive · phrasal, separable

1. Accumulate or pile upinformal

   To increase in quantity or amount, often by being placed on top of each other.

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   • The dirty dishes are stacking up in the sink.
   • Work is stacking up while I'm on vacation.
   • The bills are stacking up faster than I can pay them.

   Synonymsaccrueaccumulateamassbuild upcollectgatherheap uppile up

   Antonymsdecreasedepletediminishdwindle

2. Compare or measure upinformal

   To be compared with something else, often in terms of quality or performance.

   Сравниваться

   • How does this new model stack up against the competition?
   • Her skills stack up well against other candidates.
   • The movie doesn't stack up to the original book.

   Synonymscomparefarehold upmatch-upmeasure uprankstand up

Base verbstack