stack up

verb

stacked up; stacking up; stacks up

intransitive verb

1

: to add up : total

2

: measure up, compare

—usually used with against

Synonyms

• approach
• approximate
• compare (with)
• measure up (to)

Examples of stack up in a Sentence

those newspapers have been stacking up in the basement since we moved here

Recent Examples on the Web

Here's a closer look at how some of our tallest buildings stack up. —Keisha Rowe, The Courier-Journal, 27 June 2024

Cincinnati heat records: How does this week stack up? —Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 18 June 2024

Violent incidents at the residence have been stacking up amid the rapper’s back-and-forth beef with Kendrick Lamar. —Evan Rosen, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024

How does that stack up to great teams from the franchise’s past? —Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 14 June 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

stack up

verb

: measure up sense 2, compare

see how you stack up against the champion