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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What this means is that whoever is the main playmaker on the team playing the Jazz has an excellent opportunity to rack up a bunch of assists. Matt Modi, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024 Watch on Deadline K-pop artists routinely dominate the social media charts and their videos rack up tens and sometimes hundreds of millions of views across YouTube and other platforms. Dade Hayes, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024 According to the article, published in 2016, Lo moved into the New York Edition hotel, in the Gramercy area, then racked up a $13,000 tab and refused to leave for nearly two months. Suzanne Seggerman, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024 In the last week, the game appears to have seen a resurgence in popularity thanks to several posts on X that racked up millions of views. Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024 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 1 Dec. 2024.

Kids Definition

rack up

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