add up to

Idioms  

1. Amount to, signify, as in The smooth airline connections, luxury hotel, and fine weather added up to the best vacation we'd ever had. [Early 1900s] Also see add up.

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add up to

One would see the cost passed on to United Utilities' customers and would -depending on the route chosen - add up to £3.17 to their monthly bills.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

I felt the best way to get across who he was was to show all the ways he was publicly, in stand-up, sketches, movies and interviews, and maybe it would add up to to something.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

But incumbent steel companies were caught off guard by the size of Mesabi’s plan to add up to 10 million tons of steel annually to the U.S. market, with initial production starting in 2030.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

My calculator says those five items alone add up to 16.4% of GDP.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

What does all the evidence about the powerful lure of personal communications technology add up to?

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

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