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add up
verb
to find the sum (of)
(intr) to result in a correct total
informal(intr) to make sense
to amount to
Idioms and Phrases
Amount to an expected or correct total, as in These figures don't add up , meaning they are not correct. [Mid-1800s]
Be consistent, make sense, as in I'm not sure that all this testimony will add up . [First half of 1900s]
Assess, form an opinion of, as in He looked across the track and added up the competition . Also see add up to .
Example Sentences
Like Lucy, he looks at dating as a series of ratios and statistics, numbers he can calculate that will add up to the best, happiest, most stable future.
They said the government "isn't addressing the fundamentals – we can't deal with debt, defence, and growth while having over half the state going towards the NHS and welfare, it doesn't add up".
A return to a reasonable rate of economic growth is not just the aim of these plans, it is required to make them credibly add up in later years.
This historic decline in violent crime happened in a city where the immigrant community, both undocumented and documented, adds up to more than 3 million immigrants, nearly 40 percent of the city’s population.
“Much sooner: less dust and powder, fewer rocks and pipes, enough days given back that might have added up to years.”
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