stack up

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour désigner l'action d'empiler des objets en pile ou en tas, ainsi que pour comparer ou mettre en parallèle avec quelque chose.

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

indénombrable · transitif et intransitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Accumulate or pile upinformal

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

   s'accumuler, s'empiler

   • 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.

   Synonymesaccrueaccumulateamassbuild upcollectgatherheap uppile up

   Antonymesdecreasedepletediminishdwindle

2. Compare or measure upinformal

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

   se comparer, être à la hauteur

   • 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.

   Synonymescomparefarehold upmatch-upmeasure uprankstand up

Verbe de basestack