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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The German is on course to rack up 190 points across two seasons and that has impressed his superiors. Beren Cross, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025 Grant also racked up an Associated Press All-American third-team honor in 2024 and was named to back-to-back All-Big 10 Conference second teams beginning in 2023, the same year Michigan won the national title. C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 25 Apr. 2025 Even while promoting new music and releasing special editions of older material, his back catalog keeps racking up a huge number of plays via what must be a massive audience in the country. Follow me on Twitter. Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025 Nikki and Brie Bella Speak Out At the time of publication, Cruise's X post racked up over 628,200 views, and his Instagram post had 2.8 million views. Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025 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 28 Apr. 2025.

Kids Definition

rack up

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