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stack up

  1. Measure up, equal, as in Their gift doesn't stack up against mine . This usage alludes to piling up one's chips at poker, and comparing them to those of the other players. [Early 1900s]

  2. Make sense, seem plausible, as in Her explanation just doesn't stack up . Also see add up , def. 2.



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And with less than half of IVF cycles ending in success, the costs can stack up quickly.

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Here is how the allegations against Combs have stacked up, and how the court case played out.

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India's Jasprit Bumrah is the leading cricketer on the planet right now, compiling a career that will stack up against any fast bowler to have played the game.

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"Any scheme has to stack up economically but you cannot necessarily pick this up and drop it into another area."

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I had to rollerblade once in a Moby video, but that doesn’t seem like it’s going to stack up against all this, so maybe we should just move on to the next person.

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