stack up

present singular third person stacks up · participle present stacking up · participle past stacked up · past stacked up

1. transitiveto put into a stack.

   Stack up the boxes.

   Synonyms: heap up

2. intransitiveto pile up; to accumulate.

   Synonyms: pile up, stack, add up, accrue

3. idiomatictransitiveTo put a group of abstract things together.

   to stack up memories

4. Often followed by against or among: to compare with (something); to measure up.

   "How Populations Stack Up Among Nations At War" (name of the article)

   1939, Milwaukee Journal, issue of 7th September, page 3

   3 more examples

   This is a great outline. Fantastic. If yours doesn't stack up, you won't get a chance to look at it.

   1973, The Paper Chase, 01:17:10

   [Raheem] Sterling's attitude and ability is never in doubt, never ducking a challenge or dropping his intensity, but the numbers are simply not stacking up at England level.

   2018 June 18, Phil McNulty, “Tunisia 1 – 2 England”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 21 Apr 2019

   Meaney said the rail industry needs to be honest with itself when discussing major investment projects, and to ask if the business case stacks up.

   2021 February 24, Richard Clinnick, “Decarbonisation key to retaining financial support”, in RAIL, number 925, page 18