rack up

verb

racked up; racking up; racks up

transitive verb

: achieve, gain
racked up their 10th victory

Examples of rack up in a Sentence

having racked up a huge number of points in the short program, the figure skater would have to have a disastrous long program in order to miss out on a medal racked up their second consecutive Super Bowl victory
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Led by Franz Wagner’s 23 points, the Magic racked up 54 points in the paint, outrebounded Washington 47-36 and held the Wizards to under 100 points in the 20-point home victory. Jason Beede, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2025 Best Original Screenplay Writer-director Sean Baker has been racking up awards for months including the Palme d’Or at Cannes last summer and a very recent win from the Writers Guild of America (WGA). Scott Phillips, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025 The actor has managed to avoid the fallout of her co-star Karla Sofía Gascón’s past tweets catching up with her, and she’s been on a bit of a roll, having racked up wins at the BAFTAs, the Golden Globes, the Critics’ Choice Awards and the SAG Awards. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 24 Feb. 2025 Strickland’s lament racked up 159,000 likes and 13.2 million views. Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rack up

Word History

First Known Use

1949, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of rack up was in 1949

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“Rack up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rack%20up. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.

Kids Definition

rack up

verb
: score entry 2 sense 4a
racked 30 points up in the first half
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