stack up

phrasal verb

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stack up

to keep increasing in quantity until there is a large pile, a long line, etc.
- Cars quickly stacked up behind the bus.
- During the strike, refuse has been stacking up in the streets.
(used especially in questions or in negatives) to compare with somebody/something else; to be as good as somebody/something else synonym measure up (to something/somebody)
- Let's try him in the job and see how he stacks up.
- stack up against somebody/something A mobile home simply doesn't stack up against a traditional house.
(used especially in negatives) to seem reasonable; to make sense
- That can't be right. It just doesn't stack up.

单词	stack up
释义	stack up phrasal verb jump to other results stack up to keep increasing in quantity until there is a large pile, a long line, etc. Cars quickly stacked up behind the bus. During the strike, refuse has been stacking up in the streets. (used especially in questions or in negatives) to compare with somebody/something else; to be as good as somebody/something else synonym measure up (to something/somebody) Let's try him in the job and see how he stacks up. stack up against somebody/something A mobile home simply doesn't stack up against a traditional house. (used especially in negatives) to seem reasonable; to make sense That can't be right. It just doesn't stack up.
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