same as stack
to appear good, bad etc when compared with someone or something else
to fly above or below other planes while waiting to land
to increase continuously in a way that seems threatening
Despite the evidence stacking up against her, she still denies the claims.
High winds forced planes to stack up over Heathrow Airport.
She stacked the dishes up on the draining board.
Teachers will know how they stack up against national standards.
The books had been stacked up in neat piles.
stacks up
stacking up
stacked up
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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