stack up

• Verbo frasal que se usa para indicar la acción de apilar o amontonar objetos, así como para comparar o equiparar algo con otra cosa.

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

incontable · transitivo e intransitivo · phrasal, separable

1. Accumulate or pile upinformal

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

   acumularse

   • 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.

   Sinónimosaccrueaccumulateamassbuild upcollectgatherheap uppile up

   Antónimosdecreasedepletediminishdwindle

2. Compare or measure upinformal

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

   compararse

   • 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.

   Sinónimoscomparefarehold upmatch-upmeasure uprankstand up

Verbo basestack