2 English Phrasal Verbs With 'STACK'

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2 phrasal verbs with 'STACK'

Stack up

1. Put things in a pile
   (Separable [optional] | International English)
   
   » Example: I STACKED UP the boxes.
2. Accumulate
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: Work STACKED UP while I was away on holiday.
3. Increase, accumulate something
   (Separable [optional] | International English)
   
   » Example: I've been STACKING UP a lot of air miles.
4. Be logical, make sense
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: The budget figures don't STACK UP.
5. Build up the number of planes waiting to land at an airport
   (Intransitive | International English)
   
   » Example: Planes were STACKING UP while the airport was closed after the bomb threat.

Stack up against

1. Be as good as something
   (Inseparable | Australian English)
   
   » Example: The new model doesn't STACK UP AGAINST the old one.