stack up

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === stack up (third-person singular simple present stacks up, present participle stacking up, simple past and past participle stacked up) (transitive) To put into a stack. (intransitive) to pile up; to accumulate. (idiomatic, transitive) To put a group of abstract things together. Often followed by against or among: to compare with (something); to measure up. 1939, Milwaukee Journal, issue of 7th September, page 3: "How Populations Stack Up Among Nations At War" (name of the article) 1973, The Paper Chase, 01:17:10 This is a great outline. Fantastic. If yours doesn't stack up, you won't get a chance to look at it. ==== Synonyms ==== (put into a stack): heap up, pile up, stack; see also Thesaurus:pile up (accumulate): accrue, add up; see also Thesaurus:accumulate ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === tack-ups, tacks up, upstack